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Monumentum

Altar of Varonius Lupulus from Wiesbaden

Sandstone votive altar with traces of red paint from Wiesbaden, ancient Aquae Mattiacae, erected during the reign of Macrinus with permission of Varonius Lupulus
 
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026

TNMM 1552 ↔ CIMRM 1236

Votive altar in sandstone with traces of red painting (H. 0.70 Br. 0.46–0.50 D. 0.27–0.31). Inv. No. 15652. Part of its front is lost.

Ritterling, 17 No. 4; WsdZ 1902, 66 No. 2; CIL XIII 7570c.

L.H. 0.025–0.04.

[Imp(eratore) Macrino et Adv]ento co(n)s(ulibus) per/mittente Varonio Lu/pulo in suo.

Upon the base: in suo.

218 A.D.

Ritterling in Ann. Ver. Nass. Alt. XLIV, 1918, 230ff supplies additional interesting information concerning the construction of the sanctuary. "Für den Kult ist wichtig, dasz sich hinter dem Kultbilde ein kleiner Raum befand, den man ungesehen von der Gemeinde betreten und wieder verlassen konnte" (cfr. MM, 235f).

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