The New Mithraeum
23 Mar 2022
Updated on May 2026
Brick altar covered with marble slabs. The front slab (H. 0.93 Br. 0.55) has a crescent under which the following inscription (L.H. 0.03):
Deo Invicto Mithrae / Diocles ob honorem / C. Lucreti Menandri / Patris / D(ono) D(edit) D(edicavit).At the back of the shrine is a brick altar. The front was covered by a marble slab (0.84 x 0.47). It has a hole in the shape of the moon, behind which must have been a lamp. Below the moon is the inscription:
Deo Invicto Mithrae / Diocles ob honorem / C. Lucreti Menandri / Patris / D(ono) D(edit) D(edicavit).
CIMRM II 225
H. Bloch in NSc (S. 8) VII, 1953, 244 No. 8. Inv. No…
Deo Invicto Mithrae / Diocles ob honorem / C. Lucreti Menandri / Patris / D(ono) D(edit) D(edicavit).At the back of the shrine is a brick altar. The front was covered by a marble slab (0.84 x 0.47). It has a hole in the shape of the moon, behind which must have been a lamp. Below the moon is the inscription:
Deo Invicto Mithrae / Diocles ob honorem / C. Lucreti Menandri / Patris / D(ono) D(edit) D(edicavit).
CIMRM II 225
H. Bloch in NSc (S. 8) VII, 1953, 244 No. 8. Inv. No…
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