The New Mithraeum
19 Jan 2022
Updated on Nov 2022
Votive altar in white marble (H. 0.84 Br. 0.38 D. 0.305), found near 6. Inv. No. XXXXVII.
The upper part of the altar is decorated with arches. On the l. side a cock is perched on a tortoise; on the r. side a raven upon a bow, a Phrygian cap and a dagger. Above its head a star. In the front an inscription:CIMRM 1497CIL III 1435427
L.H. 0.025-0.03.
Invict(o) Mithrae / et transitu dei / Theodorus p(ublici) p(ortorii) / scrut(ator) stat(ionis) Poet(ovionensis) / ex visu.Gurlitt in JOAI 1899, 97f No. 6 with fig.; MCC, 92; Abramic, 167f No. 232; Jahrb. f. Altertk. VII, 1913, Taf. XXIV; 4; Ferri, Arte Dan…
The upper part of the altar is decorated with arches. On the l. side a cock is perched on a tortoise; on the r. side a raven upon a bow, a Phrygian cap and a dagger. Above its head a star. In the front an inscription:CIMRM 1497CIL III 1435427
L.H. 0.025-0.03.
Invict(o) Mithrae / et transitu dei / Theodorus p(ublici) p(ortorii) / scrut(ator) stat(ionis) Poet(ovionensis) / ex visu.Gurlitt in JOAI 1899, 97f No. 6 with fig.; MCC, 92; Abramic, 167f No. 232; Jahrb. f. Altertk. VII, 1913, Taf. XXIV; 4; Ferri, Arte Dan…
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