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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

Altar of Marci from Alba Iulia
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The New Mithraeum
23 Oct 2023
Updated on Jul 2024

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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.

Forma Mus. Transs. II 134; MMM Il 316f No. 202 and fig. 177; Tudor Istoria 257 No. 78 and fig. 12. See fig. 506.

In the front an inscription. On each side a dolphin with a trident.

CIMRM 1943

CIL III 1113; MMM II No. 245; Kerenyi No. 1929.

L.H. 0.065-0.025.

lnvicto / Mythrae / Diosco/rus Marci (servus) / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).

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