Monumentum
Altar with Inscription to Mithras of Rottenburg
This monument was erected by a certain Publius Aelius Vocco, a solider of the Legio XXII Primigenia Pia Fidelis stationed in Mainz.
Votive altar of RottenburgLandesmuseum Württemberg / Ortolf Harl (CC BY-SA)
The New Mithraeum
10 Nov 2022
Updated on May 2023
TNMM 562 ↔ CIMRM 1308
Altar (H. 0.64) found at Rottenburg am Neckar when a cellar was dug 'ad sinistram viae, qua itur Seebronn, in campo aperto'.
The altar has a simple plinth and a cornice with rim bulges. A tree can be seen on each of the two sides. The inscription M(erito) is still on the base. It was erected by Publius Aelius Vocco, a soldier of the 22nd Legion stationed in Mainz.
The inscription was found in 1881 on the outskirts of Rottenburg in a field on the road to Seebronn while digging a beer cellar and was soon brought to Stuttgart. It is on display in the Roman Lapidarium in the New Palace.
Main inscription
Invicto / Mithrae / P. Ael[ius] Voc/co mil[es] l[egionis] XXII / p[rimigeniae] p[iae] f[idelis] v[otum] s[olvit] l[ibens] l[aetus] / m[erito].
To Invictus Mithras Publius Aelius Vocco, soldier of the Legio XXII Primigenia Pia Fidelis, gladly, willingly and deservedly fulfilled his vow.
References
CIL XIII 6362; MMM II No. 429.
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
- museum-digital (2021) Votivstein für Mithras.
