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Painted inscription naming the patres and other initiates of the Mithraeum, above the podium in the south-west corner of the Mithraeum of Dura-Europos, Syria.
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Dipinto in black letters (L.H. 0.03–0.05) above the podium in the S–W corner of the Mithraeum. Report, No. 855 and Pl. L, 1.Ὑπερβερεταίου ιδ’ (or ιγ’) / Νά[μ]α Καπιτω[λε]ίνῳ / πατρί πατέρων / καὶ Σατορνείλῳ / πατρί πατέρων κ[α]ι / Λ [....] ῳ κ[αὶ] Ν]είλῳ / κ[α]ι Λωριάτῳ ἀντι/πάτρῳ καὶ Ἀντων/είνῳ καὶ στρατι[ώταις ....]