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Mithraeum

Ad Augusta per Angusta

Locus

Colophon

Mithraic monuments of Colophon

Dedication to Mithras from Colophon

Latin dedication to the invincible Mithras reportedly discovered north of ancient Colophon in Lydia.

CIMRM 24B

Inscriptions from Colophon

Dedication to Mithras from Colophon

Deo sancto invicto Mit(h)rae.

To the holy unconquered god Mithras.

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Location
Asia, today in the area of Değirmendere (Turkey)

From the Wikipedia Colophon was an ancient city in Ionia. Founded around the end of the 2nd millennium BC, it was likely one of the oldest of the twelve cities of the Ionian League. It was located between Lebedos and Ephesus. Its ruins are south of the town Değirmendere in the Menderes district of İzmir Province, Turkey. The city's name comes from the word κολοφών, "summit", as it was sited along a ridgeline. The term colophony for rosin comes from the term colophonia resina, resin from the pine trees of Colophon.

Canonical URL https://www.mithraeum.eu/location/259

TNML 259

Published on 27 May 2026

Updated on 29 May 2026