The New Mithraeum
23 Oct 2022
Updated on May 2026
Vollgraff in Ante XVIII, 1949, 55ff discusses an inscription (CIL XIII, falsae 1047) from Dyon, which was considered as forged.
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 feminine Mitra…
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 feminine Mitra…
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