Syndexios
Publius Aelius Nigrinus
Priest of Mithras who dedicated an altar to Petra Genetrix in Carnuntum.
Biography
of Publius Aelius Nigrinus
- Publius Aelius Nigrinus was a syndexios of the Mithraeum I of Carnuntum.
- Active c. 2nd – 3rd century in Carnuntum, Pannonia superior (Pannonia).
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
- Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby. Altar to Petra Genetrix from Carnuntum in EDCS
Mentions
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.