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Locus

Divio

Dijon is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. The earliest archaeological finds within the city limits of Dijon date to the Neolithic period.

Mithraic monuments of Divio

 

Funerary urn of Chyndonax

This funerary inscription, engraved on a stone urn discovered near Roman Dijon, mentions a certain Chyndonax, described as a priestly leader of Mithras.

CIMRM 934

Brothers attested in Divio

Chyndonax (Χυνδόναξ)

Chyndonax (Χυνδόναξ)

Inscriptions from Divio

Funerary urn of Chyndonax

Μίθρης εν οργάδ[ι] χώμα το σώμα καλύπτει Χννδόνακτος ίερεω[ς] αρχηγού, δνσεβ[ίας] απέχον λύσι[ον] οίκον ὁρώ[ν].
Here, in the sacred land of Mithras, a mound covers the body of Chyndonax, high priest. Refrain from impiety at the sight of his redemptive tomb.

References

  • Bernard de Montfaucon (1708) Palaeographia graeca
  • Jean Guenebauld (1621) Le Réveil de Chyndonax
  • Wilhelm Vollgraff (1949) Le Réveil de Chyndonax
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