Dedication to Mithras from Pax Iulia

Marble slab (H. 0.29 Br. 0.38 D. 0.08) found at Beja. Beja, Museum.A. Viana, Museo Régional de Beja. Beja 1948 No. 8; García y Bellido in BAH LXXII, 1948, 302 No. 5; Lambrino in BEP 1954; Ann. ép. 1956, 234 No. 284.[M(ithrae)] deo invicto / sodaliciu(m) seldium sua in/pensa fecerunt cum / cratera T. F[lavius] dona/vit Messius [Arte]mido/rus magister d(e) s(uo) f(ecit).l.3 seldium = the meaning of this word is unknown.The inscription from Pax Iulia has generated considerable debate concerning both the identity of the deity and the nature of the sodalicium Bracarorum. While some scholars, most notably Edmonson…