Monumentum
Mithraic Sol altar with backlight of Bingen
The altar of the Sun god belongs to the typology of the openwork altar to be illuminated from behind.
Solar altar from Bingen
Ortolf Harl. Lupa.at
Solar altar from Bingen
Ortolf Harl. Lupa.at
Solar altar from Bingen
CIMRM via Tertullian.org
The New Mithraeum
13 Jan 2022
Updated on 19 Jan 2022
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Altar in sandstone (H. 0.94 Br. 0.54 D. 0.40). Bingen, Museum, Inv. No. 2464.
In an almost square niche the dressed bust of Sol with a crown of seven perforated rays. Sol holds a whip; the head is damaged. In the back of the altar is a second niche in order to illuminate the radiate crown of Sol. An inscription:
In h(onorem) d(omus) d(ivinae) Soli / invicto Mitrae (sic!) / aram Privati Se/cundinus et Ter/tinus et Confinis / ex voto Privati / Tertini v(otum) s(olverunt) l(aeti) l(ibentes) m(erito).
In an almost square niche the dressed bust of Sol with a crown of seven perforated rays. Sol holds a whip; the head is damaged. In the back of the altar is a second niche in order to illuminate the radiate crown of Sol. An inscription:
CIMRM 1242
L.H. 0.025-0.04.In h(onorem) d(omus) d(ivinae) Soli / invicto Mitrae (sic!) / aram Privati Se/cundinus et Ter/tinus et Confinis / ex voto Privati / Tertini v(otum) s(olverunt) l(aeti) l(ibentes) m(erito).