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Monumentum

Altar of Benifayó

This altar found in Benifaió, València, was erected by a slave called Lucanus.
Altar from Benifaió.Hispania Epigraphica
 
The New Mithraeum
16 Mar 2022
Updated on May 2026
Altar (H. 0.68 Br. 0.38 D. 0.40) found at Benifayo, near a branch of the river Muça. Valencia, Provincial Museum.

García y Bellido in BAH CXXII 1948 299 and fig. 2.

Invicto / Mithrae / Lucanus / ser(vus).



It bears an inscription on its front face. It was discovered by chance in 1922 in front of a trough fed by a spring known as Font de Mussa, which has now disappeared. The fountain was located about 1 km from Benifaió, 22 km south of Valencia, in the western part of the Albufera plains.

Unconquered / Mithrae / Lucanus / Ser(vus).

To the Invictus Mithras the slave Lucanus…

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