Monumentum
Cup of Eutyches from Martigny
Ceramic cup inscribed with a Greek graffito and recovered from the Mithraeum of Martigny, providing evidence for the use of inscribed vessels within the sanctuary assemblage.
Cup of Eutyches from Martigny.Archéologie cantonale du Valais
The New Mithraeum
10 Jun 2026
TNMM 2587
Fine ceramic cup discovered in 1994 during the excavation of the Mithraeum of Octodurus (Martigny), one of the rare Roman sanctuaries in Switzerland dedicated to the god Mithras. The vessel was produced locally between the late 2nd and the 3rd century CE and bears a Greek graffito, recorded as KI EYTY. According to the museum’s interpretation, the inscription refers to a man named Eutyches, who may have been a slave attached to a family living in the Valais region. The graffito is considered exceptional north of the Alps because of its use of the Greek language. The cup normally forms part of the collections of the Musée gallo-romain d’Octodure at Martigny.
Main inscription
KI EYTY.
