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Monumentum

Altar with Phrygian cap from Altbachtal

The altar with a Phrygian cap and a dagger from Trier was erected by a Pater called Martius Martialis.
  • Altar from Trier

    Altar from Trier
    Rheinisches Landesmuseum

  • Altar from Altbachtal, detail

    Altar from Altbachtal, detail
    heidICON

  • CIMRM 987

    CIMRM 987
    Vermaseren's Corpus

  • CIMRM 987-2

    CIMRM 987-2
    Vermaseren's Corpus

 
The New Mithraeum
12 Mar 2022
Updated on Jan 2026
Stone altar (H. 0.95 Br. 0.35 D. 0.28). Treves, Prov. Mus.

On the base a Phrygian cap. On the front an inscription:
D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / Martius Martialis / pater / in suo posuit.Esp. Rec. Gaule, X, 207 No. 7590.Corner pilaster at all four corners, on the cover plate pulvini. On the front of the base phrygian cap and dagger.CIMRM 987bisAedicula in white sandstone (H. 0.335 Br. 0.22 D. 0.10) found in the Mithraeum in the Altbachtal, Treves, Rheinisches Landesmuseum (Inv. No. ST 12360). I am obliged to Dr E. Gose for the publication of this monument. See fig. 261.H. Nesselhauf in BRGK XXVII, 1937, 55 No. 11…

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