Biography
of Synethus
- Synethus is attested as a member of a Mithraic community (syndexios) at the Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa.
- Attested in Sarmizegetusa, Dacia superior, Dacia (TNMM 521).
References
- Csaba Szabó (2014) Notes on the Mithraic small finds from Sarmizegetusa.
- Csaba Szabó (2024) ‘The mithraeum from Colonia Sarmizegetusa: on the limits of materiality of religion’. Contextualizing ’Oriental’ Cults, 281-308.
Attestations
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.
