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Monumentum

Base with bust of Mithras from Savçilar

Limestone base bearing a dedication to Helios Mithras by Midon son of Solon, with a bust of Mithras in Phrygian cap, found at Savçilar on the border of Phrygia and Mysia, 78/77 A.D.

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Updated on May 2026

Base (H. 0.84). Was in 1926 in the garden of a house at Savçilar, a little village on the North-West bank of Lake Simav (Synaus), on the border between Phrygia and Mysia. Cumont, Mithra Min., 69.On the front the bust of Mithras with Phrygian cap. The bust is surrounded by an inscription:Ἡλίω(ι) Μίθρα(ι) Μιδῶν / Σώλονος / ἀνέθηκεν / εὐχήν / ἔτους ρξβ’ μη(νὸς) Π[α(νήμου)].78/77 A.D.

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