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Altar of Gaius Iulius from Mérida

The small Mithraic altar found at Cerro de San Albin, Merida, bears an inscription to the health of a certain Caius Iulius.
 
The New Mithraeum
22 Jan 2022
Updated on Jul 2024
Inscr. on white marble altar (Inv. 156) (H. 0.16).
Cat. Bad. 205s. No. 766.
L.H. 0.02.
Deo / invicto / pro salute / Firmus.
Fragmento de pequeña ara con coronamiento con focus irregular y liso por su parte posterior y por sus costados. Le falta el basamento y parte inerior y no sabemos si con alguna otra línea de texto. Las letras son de dos cms de altura. La primera línea va grabada sobre la cornisa del coronamiento. la última, afectada por los desconchados es de difícil lectura.

En el frente, Buril, Capital cuadrada, Latín, Votivo:

DEO INVICTO PRO · SALVTE CAI · IVLI
Falta…

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