Monumentum
Reused altar with Mithras dedication from Dieburg
Red sandstone altar from the Mithraeum at Dieburg that had been reused, its original inscription obliterated and replaced with a dedication to Deo invicto Mithrae
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
Altar in red sandstone (H. 0.56 Br. 0.335 D. 0.24).Nass., 30f No. 18 and Pl. V, 4. See fig. 330.The altar had already been used; its original inscription has been obliterated. The front has a new inscription between two rosettes; on the l. side two knives; on the r. side an axe.CIL XIII 11759.L.H. 0.016–0.027.D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / Iul(ius) Constans / mil(es) leg(ionis) XXII / p(rimigeniae) p(iae) f(idelis) v(otum) s(olvit) / l(ibens) m(erito).
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