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Monumentum

Altar with Sol from Ptuj

This altar, found in the 3rd mithraeum of Ptuj, bears an inscription and a relief of Sol and a person with a cornucopia.
  • Altar with Sol from Ptuj

    Altar with Sol from Ptuj
    Ortolf Harl

  • Altar with Sol from Ptuj

    Altar with Sol from Ptuj
    Ortolf Harl

  • Altar with Sol from Ptuj

    Altar with Sol from Ptuj
    Ortolf Harl

  • CIMRM 1591

    CIMRM 1591
    Vermaseren's Corpus

  • CIMRM 1591-2

    CIMRM 1591-2
    Vermaseren's Corpus

 
The New Mithraeum
27 Oct 2023

TNMM 707 ↔ CIMRM 1591 & 1592

White marble altar (H. 1.02 Br. 0.54 D. 0.35) found near 5. Inv. No. 295.

On its r. side naked Sol standing on a protruding stone base. His head is surrounded by twelve rays; in his upraised r.h. a whip and in his outstretched l.h. a globe. Behind him four heads of horses in clouds indicate his quadriga.

On the l. side a person with a corona muralis on his head. He holds a cornucopia in his l.h. and with his r.h. he is pouring out a patera above an altar.

On its front is the inscription No. 1592.

On either side of the focus, which is decorated with akroteria, a lying lion.

CIMRM 1592

L.H. 0.045.

D(eo) S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / pro salute / tesserarior(um) / et custod(um) ar/mor(um) leg(ionum) V M(acedonicae) / et XIII gemin(a)e Gallienarum.

"Die tesserarii und custodes armorum haben mehr militärische Obliegenheiten; jenen nämlich war die tagliche Ausgabe und wahrung der Parole (durch die tessera) anvertraut worden, diese waren Verwalter des Waffendepots (Abramic)."

Main inscription

D[eo] S[oli] i[nvicto] M[ithrae] / pro salute / tesserarior[um] / et custod[um] ar/mor[um] leg[ionum] V M[acedonicae] / et XIII gemin[a]e Gallienarum.
To the Unconquered Sun God Mithras, for the well-being of the tessera-bearers and the guards of the weapons of the Legio V Macedonica and the twin Legio XIII Gemina of the Gallieni.

References

Abramic, 180f No. 243 and fig. 127; AIJ I, 148f No. 315 and fig. See figs. 406-407.

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