Monumentum
Altar of Klechovtse
The limestone altar at Klechovtse in North Macedonia bears an inscription to the invincible Mithras.
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The New Mithraeum
19 Jan 2022
Updated on Oct 2022
TNMM 414 ↔ CIMRM 2209
Limestone altar, 77 cm high, with an inscription to the invincible Mithras by a slave. Found in the small village of Klecovce / Klechovtse, Severoistocen, North Macedonia, former province of Upper Moesia.
Main inscription
[D[eo] i[nvicto]] M[ithrae] / fano mag[no] / pro sal[ute] Aug[g[ustorum]] n[ostrorum] / Apollonides / eorund[em] vect[igalis] Il/lyr[ici] ser[vus] [contra]sc[riptor] st[ationis] / Lamud[---] quam vove/rat [contra]sc[riptor] sta[tionis] Vizi[ani] // A[pollo]n[ides]s Viz[iani] // Gentia/no et / Basso [co[n]s[ulibus]].
To the invincible god Mithras, a great temple, for the safety of our Agustus Apollonides, the servant of Illyricum, the contrascriptor of the garrison of those tributaries, Lamud--- which he had vowed, the contrary of the station of Viziani.
References
- Lupa.at (2021) Altar für Mithras.
