Inscription by Propinquos of Carnuntum

The New Mithraeum

4 Feb 2022

Slab with inscription of Gaius Iulius Propinquos indicating that he paid to build one or two walls of the Mithraeum III of Carnuntum.

C[aius] Iul[ius] Propin/quos [sic] pariete[m] / ex voto / impensa sua.

Caius Iulius Propinquos, following a vow, made the wall at his own expense.

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