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 Rottenburg
Landesmuseum Württemberg / Ortolf Harl (CC BY-SA)
The New Mithraeum
10 Nov 2022
Updated on May 2023
Altar (H. 0.64) found at Rottenburg am Neckar when a cellar was dug 'ad sinistram viae, qua itur Seebronn, in campo aperto'.CIL XIII 6362; MMM II No. 429.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.
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.
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