Biography
of Mάρκος Σίκις Δόσσις
- Mάρκος Σίκις Δόσσις is attested as a member of a Mithraic community (syndexios) at the Mithraeum at Kreta.
- Attested in Kreta, Moesia inferior, Moesia (TNMM 2018).
TNMP 298
Marcus Sikis Dossis was a devotee of Helios Mithras attested at the Mithraeum of Kreta. Like other worshippers from the sanctuary, including Straton son of Straton, he dedicated a sandstone altar inscribed in Greek. His mixed Roman and local naming formula reflects the cultural environment of the Greek-speaking Lower Danube provinces during the Roman period.
Attestations
Altar of Marcus Sikis Dossis from Kreta
TNMM 2018
Sandstone altar with patera from the rock sanctuary at Kreta, Moesia Inferior, bearing a Greek inscription dedicating an altar to Helios Mithras by Marcus Sikis Dossis.
[M]άρκος Σίκις Δόσσις ἔθηκε βωμὸν Ἡλίῳ Μίθρᾳ.
Marcus Sikis Dossis erected an altar to Helios Mithras.
Mithraeum at Kreta
TNMM 2016
Mithraic sanctuary excavated in a quarry at Kreta near Nikopol, Moesia Inferior, carved into the rock and including a small niche with a sandstone tauroctony relief, a base, and several altars.
