Monumentum
Altar of Chrestion from Alba Iulia
In 1852, Károly Pap, a naval captain, unearthed several Mithraic monuments in his garden at Marospartos, including this altar.
Altar of Chrestion from Apulum
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Altar of Chrestion from Apulum
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Altar of Chrestion from Apulum
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The New Mithraeum
23 Oct 2023
Updated on Jul 2024
In 1852, a naval captain named Károly Pap unearthed two altars and a fragmentary Mithraic relief in his garden in Marospartos, inside a Roman-era building that may have been a small Mithraic temple separate from the previous one. The two dedications were probably made by two slaves.
A monument long kept in a private collection and recently published by Cs. Szabo, bears exactly the same text as TNMM 665 and can be linked to the CIMRM 1939 altar found at Partos in 1867, which must have come from the same site: it uses the same spelling Mythra and a simple onomastic system that translates
A monument long kept in a private collection and recently published by Cs. Szabo, bears exactly the same text as TNMM 665 and can be linked to the CIMRM 1939 altar found at Partos in 1867, which must have come from the same site: it uses the same spelling Mythra and a simple onomastic system that translates
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