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Monumentum

Dedication to Mithras from Colophon

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

The New Mithraeum

27 May 2026

Machteld McIllink in AJA 60, 1956, 382 mentions a latin dedication to Mithra found north of ancient Colophon. Prof. L. Robert (cf. Annuaire du Collège de France 1956, 299) informs me that it runs:Deo sancto invicto Mit(h)rae.

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