Blastia
Alias Blastianus
Blastia dedicated an altar to Mithras and Silvanus in Emona.
Biography
of Blastia
TNMP 211
Jonathan David, together with some other authors (M. J. Vermaseren, Anna Sasel, Jaroslav Sasel), regards this person as a woman, Manfred Clauss maintains the very opposite. Both variants are allowable on the basis of linguistic and onomastic criteria. The inscription itself does not make it possible to solve this problem definitely. In view of the fact that also the number of attested dedications to Silvanus made by women is quite small, the bearer of this name was most likely a man.
References
- Aleš Chalupa (2005) ‘Hyenas or Lionesses? Mithraism and Women in the Religious World of the Late Antiquity.’ Religio Studie, XXIV(1), 20-52, XIII(2), 198-230.
- Bricault; Roy (2021) Les cultes de Mithra dans l'Empire Romain
- Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby. Inscription to Mithras and Silvanus from Ljubljana in EDCS
Mentions
Inscription to Mithras and Silvanus from Ljubljana
TNMM 635
A certain Blastia or Blastianus made a dedication to Mithras and Silvanus on an altar in Emona, Pannonia.