Second plate of Caius Celsinius Matutinus from Königshoffen

Slab in grey sandstone (H. 0.23 Br. 0.33 D. 0.04).CIL XIII, 11609; Forrer, Pl. XXV, 2.In h(onorem) d(omus) d(ivinae) deo inv(icto) / M(ithrae) C(aius) Celsinius Ma/tutinus veter(anus) leg(ionis) / VIII Aug(ustae) Alexand/[rianae typu]m / [de suo repin]xit.Alexandriana: the legion received this name from Alexander Severus, but it was erased because of the condamnatio memoriae of the Emperor. The new painting took place between 222–235 the same period in which the sanctuary itself was enlarged. Therefore the Mithraeum must already have existed for some decades. Forrer supposes that a second…