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Monumentum

Altar of Cantinius Capella to Deus Attis from Königshoffen

Two-fragment limestone altar from the Mithraeum at Königshoffen, dedicated in honour of the Domus Divina to Deo Atti by Cantinius Capella; one of the rare Mithraic dedications to Attis from Germania.
 
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28 May 2026

TNMM 2231 ↔ CIMRM 1349

Altar in two fragments (H. 0.38 Br. 0.18 D. 0.14) found in the west part of the Mithraeum. Bright brown limestone.

Forrer, MH 48 and Pl. XVI, 4; CIL XIII, 11606.

The letters are painted white.

I(n) h(onorem) d(omus) d(ivinae) / D(eo) Atti / Cantin(ius) / Capell(a) / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) [m(erito)].

Capella or Capellianus.

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