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Inscription to Sol Apollo Anicetus from Rudchester

Fragmentary inscription from Vindobala preserving a rare dedication to “Sol Apollo Anicetus” within a Mithraic context on Hadrian’s Wall.
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The New Mithraeum
6 May 2026
Updated on May 2026

TNMM 1269 ↔ CIMRM 843

Soli / Apollini / aniceto / . .ilc. / tidiv. . / ... /.

Broken into two portions horizontally; the text on the lower portion has sustained more weathering after this fracture. Found in the mithraeum south-west of Rudchester fort.

CIL VII 543

Soli / Apollini / Aniceto / [Miithrae] / Apon[i]us / Rogatianus / [.
To Sol Apollo Anicetus Mithras, Aponius Rogatianus ….

References

CIL VII 543; MMM II No. 477.

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