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Column with inscription from Dura Europos

The inscription pays homage to the emperor, probably Caracalla, to Mithras, the fathers, the petitor and the syndexioi.
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The New Mithraeum
31 Jan 2022
Updated on May 2026

TNMM 468 ↔ CIMRM 54

Graffito on column I in black letters (L.H. 0.01).

Ὓπὲρ Νίκης του Κυρί/ου ἡμων Αὐτοκράτορος / Νάμα θεῷ Μίθρᾳ / νάμα πάτρασι Λιβει/ανῷ καὶ Θεωδώρῳ / νάμα καὶ Μαρείνῳ πε/τίτορι νάμα πᾶσι τοῖς / συνδεξίοις παρὰ τῳ θε[ῷ];

Underneath the word in a crown; to the right a palmbranch. The emperor mentioned is probably Caracalla.

Painted inscription no. 848 on the first column from inside of the Mithraeum at Dura Europos. The area of the inscription measures 20 x 14 cm with individual letters measuring 1 cm in size. It is an inscription dedicated to the victory of the Emperor. Rostovtzeff suggested that the unnamed Emperor was Caracalla. Rostovtzeff et al. (1939:87, Plate XLIX.2) [Yale University Art Museum Archives].

Main inscription

Ὓπὲρ Νίκης του Κυρί/ου ἡμων Αὐτοκράτορος / Νάμα θεῷ Μίθρᾳ / νάμα πάτρασι Λιβει/ανῷ καὶ Θεωδώρῳ / νάμα καὶ Μαρείνῳ πε/τίτορι νάμα πᾶσι τοῖς / συνδεξίοις παρὰ τῳ θε[ῷ].
For the victory of our lord the emperor. Homage to the god Mithras. Homage to the fathers Libeianos and Theodoros. Homage also to Mareinos the petitor. Homage to all syndexioi, before the god.

References

RM 1934203 and fig. 4; ILN 1934 fig. 2; Ann. cp. 1935 No. 159; Report No. 848 and PI. XLIX 2.

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