Altar of Marcus Sikis Dossis from Kreta

The New Mithraeum

27 May 2026

Updated on Jun 2026

Sacrificial altar with a patera in sandstone (H. 0.47 Br. 0.26). An inscription in the front:[M]άρκος Σίκις Δόσσις ἔθηκε βωμὸν Ἡλίῳ Μίθρᾳ.

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