Silvestrius Silvinus
Quadratarius who made some mithraic monuments including the two-sided relief of Dieburg
Plan of the Mithraeum of Dieburg
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Front side of the relief of Dieburg.
Pierre-Selim Huard
Biography
of Silvestrius Silvinus
- Silvestrius Silvinus was a syndexios of the Mithräum von Dieburg.
- Active c. 200 in Civitas Auderiensium, Germania superior (Gallia).
TNMP 54
Of Gallic origin (among the Bituriges). Together with other syndexioi, he offered the remarkable bifacial relief of Dieburg. The inscription mentions two craftsmen brothers, one a sculptor and the other a shoemaker, as well as their son and nephew.
Silvestrius Silvinus is certainly the sculptor (quadratarius) who made the relief. His name also appears on a statue of Diana of Dieburg.
References
- Dieburger Mithräum - Museum Schloss Fechenbach
- Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby. Two-sided relief of Dieburg in EDCS
Mentions
Mithräum von Dieburg
TNMM 232
There are references to two places of worship from Dieburg, whereby the Mithraeum, discovered in 1926.
Two-sided relief of Dieburg
TNMM 231
The relief of Dieburg shows Mithras riding a horse as main figure, surrounded by several scenes of the myth.
Perpetus fra/te[r] artis sutor(iae). / Silvinus ar/tis quadratari/ae Aureli[us ---] d(ono) d(ederunt).
[Side B:] D(eo) S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) Silvestrius Sil(v)inu[s] et Silvestrius Perpetus et Silvinius Aurelius.
[Side B:] To the invincible god Mithras, Silvestrius Silvinus, Silvestrius Perpetus and [Silvinus?] Aurelius, their nephew, fulfilled their vow willingly, gladly and deservedly. Perpetus, brother, a cobbler by trade, and Silvinus, a sculptor by trade, Aurelius [---] gave this as a gift.
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