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Monumentum

Altar to Petra Genetrix from Carnuntum

Aelius Nigrinus dedicated this small altar in Carnuntum to the rock from which Mithras was born.
Altar to Petra Genetrix from Carnuntum

Altar to Petra Genetrix from Carnuntum
Ortolf Harl

 
The New Mithraeum
3 Nov 2023
Updated on Nov 2023

TNMM 722 ↔ CIMRM 1674

Six altars in sandstone were erected in a semi-circle, four of which have inscriptions (Arneth in Sb. Akad. Wien XI, 1853, 33lf; v. Sacken, Taf. I, 2-4 and 340; Arneth, 332, 1; 333, 3):

Altar with volutes (H. 0.52 Br. 0.24-0.27 D. 0.21). Inv. No. III, 80. Traces of red colour in the letters.

L.H. 0.02-0.03.

Petrae / genetrici / P. Ae(lius) Nigri(nus sacerd(os) / v(otum) s(olvit).

CIL III 4424

Petrae / Genetrici / P[ublius] Ael[ius] Nigri/nus sacerd[os] / v[otum] s[olvit].
To the Petra Genetrix, Publius Aelius Nigrinus, priest, has fulfilled his vow.

References

CIL III 4424; MMM II 369.

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