Monumentum
Altar with Sol’s head from Altbachtal
This stone altar fround in Altbachtal bears an inscription by a certain Martius Martialis.
Altar with Sol’s head from AltbachtalheidICON
The New Mithraeum
11 Nov 2023
Updated on May 2026
TNMM 747 ↔ CIMRM 986
Damaged stone altar (H. 0.98 Br. 0.34 D. 0.28), found in the Altbachtal, together with the following No. TNMM 525. Treves, Provo Mus.
On the base Sol’s head. On the front an inscription:
D(eo) i(nvicto) S(oli) / Martius Martialis / pater / in suo posuit.
CIMRM II 986
H. 1.04 Br. 0.43–0.45 D. 0.28. Inv. No. ST 9970.
H. Fincke in BRGK XVII, 1927, 8 No. 25.
On the base the head of Sol in radiate crown; the globus and the whip.
L.H. 0.04.
D(eo) i(nvicto) S(oli) / Martius / Martia/lis pater / in suo / posuit.
Main inscription
D[eo] i[nvicto] S[oli] / Martius Martialis / pater / in suo posuit.
To the invincible god Sol, Pater Martius Martialis put it in his own [expense].
References
Esp. Rec. Gaule, X, 204 No. 7585.
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
