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Publius Aelius Nigrinus

Priest of Mithras who dedicated an altar to Petra Genetrix in Carnuntum.

  • Altar to Petra Genetrix from Carnuntum

    Altar to Petra Genetrix from Carnuntum
    Ortolf Harl 

Biography
of Publius Aelius Nigrinus

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.

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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.

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