Mithraic monuments of Elusa

Inscriptions of Eauze

Several inscriptions dedicated to Mithras have been found in Eauze, including these two by a certain Pater Sextus Vervicius Eutyches, discovered in 1768.

CIMRM 888

Cautes statuette raising torch from Eauze

A white marble statuette of Cautes, dressed in a long cloak and raising his torch with both hands without being cross-legged, found near Eauze (ancient Elusa) in the Armagnac region of Aquitania.

CIMRM 884

Brothers attested in Elusa

Sextus Vervicius Eutyches
(c. early 3rd century)

Inscriptions from Elusa

Inscriptions of Eauze

Deo Invict[o] / Sex[tus] Vervic[ius] / Eutyches / vestiar[ius] civ[is] / Trev[er] pater.

V/ervi/cius Eutyc/hes pa/ter.

To the Unconquered God, Sextus Vervicius Eutyches, textile merchant, citizen of Treveri, and Father.

Vervicius Eutyches, Pater.

References

Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby. Inscriptions of Eauze in EDCS
V. J. Walters (1974) The Cult of Mithras in the Roman Provinces of Gaul