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Monumentum

Greek inscription of Balbillus from Rome

Greek inscription dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras by Balbillus, saved from the waters, in the presence of Bassus the priest, belonging to the Mithraic grade of Leo.

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Kaibel, ISI, 997; MMM II No. 79.Ἡλίῳ ἀνικήτῳ [Μίθρᾳ? δ..] / Βαλβίλλος ἡουκάτο[ς] / ἐξ ὑδάτω[ν] σωθεὶς Δ... / ΑΤΑNENKA λέοντι / ἐπὶ Βάσσου ἱερέως.l. 2: evocatus. l. 4: the mithraic grade of Leo. ἕνεκα λέοντι? (Cumont).

CIMRM II 568
evocatus see in general Durry, 117ff. This inscription Durry, 344 n. 2.

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