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Monumentum

Altar of Carpion from Sarmizegetusa

White marble altar or base from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, dedicated to Soli invicto Mithrae by Carpion, imperial freedman and tabularius.
 
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27 May 2026

TNMM 1888 ↔ CIMRM 2032

White marble altar or base with abacus (H. 0.95 Br. 0.42–0.54 D. 0.35–0.415).

CIL III 7939; MMM II No. 275.

L.H. 0.05–0.09.

S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / Carpion / Aug(usti) / lib(ertus) tabul(arius) / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).

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