Monumentum
Altar of Dioscorus from Alba Iulia
In 1852, Károly Pap, a naval captain, unearthed several Mithraic monuments in his garden at Marospartos, including this altar.
Altar of Marci from Alba Iulia
CristianChirita
CIMRM 1942
Vermaseren's Corpus
The New Mithraeum
23 Oct 2023
Updated on Jul 2024
TNMM 665 ↔ CIMRM 1942 & 1943
Altar in limestone (H. 0.635 Br. 0.50-0.385 D. 0.30-0.385) found at Mures-Port (Maros-Porto) in 1845. Cluj, Museum.
In the front an inscription. On each side a dolphin with a trident.
CIMRM 1943
L.H. 0.065-0.025.
lnvicto / Mythrae / Diosco/rus Marci (servus) / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).
Main inscription
Invicto / Mythrae / Diosco/rus Marci [servus] / v[otum] s[olvit] l[ibens] m[erito].
To the Invincible Mithras, Dioscorus, servant of Marcus, willingly and deservedly fulfilled his vow.
References
Forma Mus. Transs. II 134; MMM Il 316f No. 202 and fig. 177; Tudor Istoria 257 No. 78 and fig. 12. See fig. 506. CIL III 1113; MMM II No. 245; Kerenyi No. 1929.
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
- Bricault; Roy (2021) Les cultes de Mithra dans l'Empire Romain.
