The New Mithraeum
10 Nov 2023
Updated on May 2026
Two fragments of a small altar from Tarrago [sic].
ClL II 4086; MMM II No. 515.
[lnvi]cto Mithra[e] / ... (duo)vi[r] / ...cime / ...nn XV.
It was known from a drawing in an anonymous 16th-century manuscript. Another fragment appeared in 1800, but was thought to have been lost. Subsequently, a marble block was found that corresponds exactly to the left half of the manuscript drawing, on which the letters CTO can be read. This allows the partial reconstruction of the inscription as shown below. In addition, the manuscript indicates that there were two holes in the upper part for fixing the statue…
ClL II 4086; MMM II No. 515.
[lnvi]cto Mithra[e] / ... (duo)vi[r] / ...cime / ...nn XV.
It was known from a drawing in an anonymous 16th-century manuscript. Another fragment appeared in 1800, but was thought to have been lost. Subsequently, a marble block was found that corresponds exactly to the left half of the manuscript drawing, on which the letters CTO can be read. This allows the partial reconstruction of the inscription as shown below. In addition, the manuscript indicates that there were two holes in the upper part for fixing the statue…
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