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Monumentum

Altar of Marcianus from Pohanica

Sandstone altar with akroteria from the Mithraeum at Pohanica, Noricum, dedicated to Deo invicto Mithrae by Marcianus; the frame bears two outward-pointing darts as a decorative motif.

The New Mithraeum

28 May 2026

Altar (H. 0.66 Br. 0.36 D. 0.175–0.213) with akroteria. In the front part of the frame there are two darts pointing in opposite outward direction.AIJ I, 117 No. 259.L.H. 0.028–0.03.D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / L.O.N. / Marcianus / v(otum) r(eddidit) l(aetus) l(ibens) m(erito).The name of Marcianus is common in Noricum and Pannonia (CIL III S. 2399; CIL III 4030).

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