Syndexios
Publius Aelius Nigrinus
Priest of Mithras who dedicated an altar to Petra Genetrix in Carnuntum.
Altar to Petra Genetrix from CarnuntumOrtolf Harl
Biography
of Publius Aelius Nigrinus
- Publius Aelius Nigrinus is attested as a member of a Mithraic community (syndexios) at the Mithraeum I of Carnuntum.
- Attested in the 2nd – 3rd century.
- Attested in Carnuntum, Pannonia superior, Pannonia in 2nd – 3rd century (TNMM 722).
TNMP 248
The small altar found in Carnuntum, which became the capital of Pannonia Superior in the 1st century, tells us that Aelius Nigrinus was a priest of Mithras. He chose to dedicate his monument to Petra Genetrix to fulfil his vow.
References
- Epigraphic Database Heidelberg. Altar to Petra Genetrix from Carnuntum in EDH.
- Alfred Shenington Geden. Altar to Petra Genetrix from Carnuntum in EDCS.
Attestations
Altar to Petra Genetrix from Carnuntum
TNMM 722
Aelius Nigrinus dedicated this small altar in Carnuntum to the rock from which Mithras was born.
Petrae / Genetrici / P[ublius] Ael[ius] Nigri/nus sacerd[os] / v[otum] s[olvit].
To the Petra Genetrix, Publius Aelius Nigrinus, priest, has fulfilled his vow.
Mithraeum I of Carnuntum
TNMM 43
According to the scarcely detailed design of von Sacken, the lay-out of the temple must have been nearly semi-circular.
