Monumentum
Inscription of Sahin
This mithraic inscription in greek was found in a place called Sahin in Phoenicia.
The New Mithraeum
25 Oct 2023
TNMM 685 ↔ CIMRM 72
Inscription found at Sahin in Phoenicia. This is in the country of Khouabe, near Tortosa (near the Aradus).
[Θε]ῷ ὑψίστῳ οὐρανίῳ ὑ[πάτῳ καὶ Ἡλίῳ ἀνικήτῳ?] / [Μί]θρᾳ ὁ βῶμπὸς ἐκτίσθ[η . . . ] / [ὀ]ρθῶς ἐν τῷ κφ’, ἐπικρατείας? . . . . . . . ] / [ὑπὲ]ρ σωτηρίας Θεο[φ]ρά[στου . . . . . . ] / ἐπὶ ἀρχῆς Σολωμάνο[υ . . . . .
208 A.D. according to the Seleucid era.
Main inscription
[Θε]ῷ ὑψίστῳ οὐρανίῳ ὑ[πάτῳ καὶ Ἡλίῳ ἀνικήτῳ?] / [Μί]θρᾳ ὁ βῶμπὸς ἐκτίσθ[η . . . ] / [ὀ]ρθῶς ἐν τῷ κφ’, ἐπικρατείας? . . . . . . . ] / [ὑπὲ]ρ σωτηρίας Θεο[φ]ρά[στου . . . . . . ] / ἐπὶ ἀρχῆς Σολωμάνο[υ . . . . .
References
Renan, Mission de Phénicie, p.103; MMM II No. 5.
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae