Monumentum
Inscription by Proficentius, Rome
This marble slab bears an inception be the Pater Proficentius to whom Mithras has suggested to build and devote a temple.
Inscription by Proficentius.
R. Marchionni 2008
The New Mithraeum
26 Jan 2022
Updated on Dec 2024
Rectangular marble slab (H. 0.395 Br. 0.65 D. 0.07), broken in two pieces. Traces of red painting. In the middle there is a hollow probably for fastening. Before it was used for the present inscription, it certainly served another purpose.L.H. 0.022.Hic locus est felix, sanctus, piusque benignus,Quem monuit Mithras mentemque deditProficentio patri sacrorumUtque sibi spelaeum faceret dedicaretqueEt celeri instansque operi reddit munera grataQuem bono auspicio suscepit anxia menteUt possint syndexi hilares celebrare vota per aevomHos versiculos generavit ProficentiusPater diguissimus Mithrae…
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