Syndexios
Synethus
Account's assistant and slave, Synethus dedicated a Cautopates with a scorpion in Sarmizegetusa.
Cautopates by Synethus.
Muzeul Sarmizegetusa, Ortolf Harl 2010
Plan of the sanctuary with the position of the small finds
Csaba Szabó after Király 1886
Biography
of Synethus
- Synethus was a syndexios of the Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa.
- Active in Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa, Dacia superior (Dacia).
References
- Csaba Szabó (2014) Notes on the Mithraic small finds from Sarmizegetusa
Mentions
Cautopates of Sarmizegetusa with scorpion
TNMM 521
The Cautopates with scorpion found in 1882 in Sarmizegetusa includes an inscription of a certain slave known as Synethus.
Cautopati sa(crum) / Synethus adiu[t(or)] / tabul(arii) v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).
Dedicated to Cautopates. Synethus, the accountant's assistant, willingly and rightly fulfilled his vow.
Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa
TNMM 57
The large number of monuments found at the Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa and the sheer size of the temple are unusual.