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Monumentum

Altar dedicated to Deo invicto Mithrae from Mainz

Two sandstone altar fragments from Mainz, ancient Mogontiacum, with a partially preserved dedication to Deo invicto Mithrae
 
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27 May 2026

TNMM 1545 ↔ CIMRM 1227

Two fragments of an altar in sandstone, the l. upper corner of which is preserved (H. 0.75 Br. 0.45). Mainz, Städtisches Museum.

CIL XIII 6784; MMM II No. 458; K. Körber, Inschriften des Mainzer Museums. Dritter Nachtrag zum Becker'schen Katalog, Mainz 1900, 16ff No. 14.

L.H. 0.05.

[D]e[o] invi[cto Mithrae or Soli] / imp(eratori) Cae[s(ari) M(arco) Aure]/lio Anto[nino] / pio felic[i augus]/to Part[ico max(imo)] / Britanni[co ponti]/fici max(imo) [tri(bunicia p(otestate) XVI] / co(n)s(uli) IIII p[ro co(n)s(uli) p(atri) p(atriae)] / Q(uintus) Iunius [. . .f(ilius). . . . . ] / Quintia[nus leg(atus)] cius pr(o) [pr(aetore) Germa]/niae su[perioris] / devot[issimus] / numin[i eius di]/catiss[imusque].

213 A.D.

The objections of Körber to assign the inscription to Mithras are valueless.

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