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Monumentum

Altar from Künzing by Valerius Magio

This fragmented monument bears an inscription of a certain veteran named Valerius Magio.
Mithraic altar of Künzing
Mithraic altar of KünzingTertullian.org
 
The New Mithraeum
10 Nov 2022
Updated on May 2026

TNMM 561

Several consecration altars were found [in the Mithraeum of Künzing], on the one hand the tuff altars already mentioned in the findings with a height of up to 45 cm and another inscription stone with a height of 55 cm:

I(nvicto) M(ithrae)/V(alerius) Magio/vet(eranus) (h)on(esta)
m(issione)/d(imissus) v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito).

Main inscription

I[nvicto] M[ithrae]/V[alerius] Magio/vet[eranus] [h]on[esta] m[issione]/d[imissus] v[otum] s[olvit] l[ibens] l[aetus] m[erito].
To the unconquered Mithras Valerius Magio, veteran with honourable discharge, [has] fulfilled the vow gladly, with joy and according to merit.

References

Related monuments

Mithräum von Künzing

The Mithraeum of Kunzing was an underground building, oriented east-west. The entrance was probably on the east.

 
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