Monumentum
Inscriptions of Valerius Maximianus at Lambaesis
These twin inscriptions found in the Mithraeum of Tazoult were dedicated by the legate Marcus Valerius Maximianus.
The New Mithraeum
9 Feb 2022
Updated on Jul 2024
Width 0 m. 47; height 1 m. 09; thick. 0 m. 47. Epigraphic field: 0 m. 48 x 0 m. 225. Height of letters: 0 m. 05 to 1. 1; 0 m. 045 to the following. Moulded border: 0 m. 06. The altar has a high crown with a circular cavity to receive fire and offerings. It bears the following inscription (traces of red paint in the letters):
Deo in/victo / Mithrae / sac(rum) / M. Val(erius) Maximianus / leg(atus) aug(usti) pr(o)pr(aetore).
On l. 1, SOL or SOLI is not engraved, but traced in red paint, immediately below the cornice that surmounts the die and above the epigraphic field.
Inscription…
Deo in/victo / Mithrae / sac(rum) / M. Val(erius) Maximianus / leg(atus) aug(usti) pr(o)pr(aetore).
On l. 1, SOL or SOLI is not engraved, but traced in red paint, immediately below the cornice that surmounts the die and above the epigraphic field.
Inscription…
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