Altar of Rufius Caeionius Sabinus

Sacred to the Great Mother of the Gods of Ida and to Attis Menoturannus. Nobilis, outstanding in legal cases, and lofty in stature, Sabinus— here, pater of the Invincible One, holds the mystic victory. Preserving two rites in discourse, he removes like with like, and sets in motion the venerable triple signs of Cybele: the symbols of the taurobolium are increased by his merits. Rufius Caionius, son of Caionius Sabinus, most illustrious man, chief pontiff, hierophant of the goddess Hecate, public augur of the Roman People of the Quirites, pater sacrorum of the Invincible Mithras [sic], tauroboliated for the Great Mother of the Gods of Ida and Attis Menoturannus, dedicated this and the altar on the fourth day before the Ides of March, when Gratianus and Merobaudes were consuls. Of ancient and noble house, for whom the royal fire of Vesta happily serves the consecrated pontiff, the same man also augur, venerable devotee of triple Diana, and high priest of Persian Mithras of the Babylonian temple, and likewise mystical leader of the great taurobolic rite.