Protas
Slave who dedicated an altar to Nabarze in the Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa.
Column to Nabarze of Protas.
Ortolf Harl 2010
Plan of Sarmizegetusa Mithraeum
Csaba Szabó after Király, 1886-
Plan of Sarmizegetusa Mithraeum
Csaba Szabó after Király, 1886
Biography
of Protas
- Protas was a syndexios of the Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa and of the Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa.
- Active late 2nd – early 3rd century in Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa, Dacia superior (Dacia).
TNMP 208
Protas was the slave assistant to the imperial treasurer, the slave Ampliatus. He dedicated an altar in the Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, to the god Nabarze for the salvation of Ampliatus and his people.
References
- Bricault; Roy (2021) Les cultes de Mithra dans l'Empire Romain
- 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.
- Epigraphic Database Heidelberg. Column to Nabarze of Protas in EDH
- Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby. Column to Nabarze of Protas in EDCS
- Lupa.at (2022) 15152 Altar für Nabarzes
Mentions
Column to Nabarze of Protas
TNMM 631
This column found in the Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa bears an inscription to Nabarze instead of Mithras.
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.
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.
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thank You!
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