Monumentum
Inscribed base from Heddernheim
Tall sandstone column base from Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, with an inscription set between two columns, possibly naming Mithras
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
TNMM 1509 ↔ CIMRM 1101
CIL XIII 7367; MMM II No. 439.
H. 0.86 Br. 0.30 D. 0.25. Traces of red painting. Inv. No. 271.
L.H. 0.025. Inscription between the two columns.
l.avi/l d d a a/ag .sl/ms.
This reading differs from Cumont's: M/i avil/l dom/ag / s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito) in which it would be possible to supply: M(ithrae) / i(nvicto) Avil(ius) / l(ibertus) dom(us) a[u]g(ustae) but after due verification I cannot agree with it, nor with CIL which supplies: Caut(o)p(ati ?) / L(ucins) . . . .
Possible solution: L. Avi(lius) / l(ibertus) d(ivinae) d(omus) a[ug](ustae) a. . . / ag(i) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito) s(uo).
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
