Monumentum
Inscription of Chyndonax
This inscription on an antique funeral urn mentions a certain high priest of Mithras.
Epitaphe de Chyndonax, Grand-Prêtre de Mithra
Jean Guenebauld
Cuve de pierre à operculum trouvée à Dijon
Jean Guenebauld
The New Mithraeum
23 Oct 2022
Updated on Nov 2023
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Μίθρης εν οργάδ[ι] χώμα το σώμα καλύπτει
Χννδόνακτος ίερεω[ς] αρχηγού.
δνσεβ(ίας) απέχον λύσι(ον) οίκον ὁρών.
"Ici, dans la terre sacree de Mithra, un tertre recouvre Ie corps de Chyndonax, grand-pretre. Abstiens-toi d’impiete al’aspect de sa tombe redemptrice."
Vollgraff is of the opinion, that the inscription is genuine and that Chyndonax was a priest of a
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