Monumentum
Altar of Sextus Baberius Ianoarius from Plevlje
Limestone altar from the ruins of ancient Plevlje, Dalmatia, walled into the well of the local barracks, dedicated to Soli invicto sacrum by Sextus Baberius Ianoarius.
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
TNMM 2396 ↔ CIMRM 1886
Altar in limestone (H. 0.59 Br. 0.33 D. 0.24) from the ruins of ancient Plevlje. Walled in in the well of the barracks at Plevlje.
Patsch in WMBH IV, 1896, 277 No. 2; MMM II 311a; N. Bulić in Spomenik 1941–1948, No. 297; CIL III 12751.
Soli in/victo sac(rum) / Sext(us) Babe/rius Ianu/ar(ius) v(otum) p(osuit) m(erito).
Grabičević informed me that he interpreted the last letters: VCIMI, which might lead to the suggestion v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito) l(aetus).
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae