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Marble inscription for a cult image of Mithras from Rome

Marble inscription recording the dedication of a cult image to the unconquered Mithras by a certain pater Valerius Marinus from Rome.
 
The New Mithraeum
18 Jan 2026
Tabula marmorea.

Val(erius) Marinus pater signu[m] / invicti Mitrhe (sic) ex voto pos/uit.
CIL VI 743; MMM II No. 42.This inscription has recently been associated with the Mithras tauroctonos relief from the Loggia Scoperta. Both are preserved in the Musei Vaticani.

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