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Syndexios

Yperanthes

He offered an inscription that was walled into the Barberini Mithraeum.

  • General view of the Mitreo de Barberini

    General view of the Mitreo de Barberini
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  • Inscription slab of Barberini Mithraeum

    Inscription slab of Barberini Mithraeum
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Biography
of Yperanthes

TNMP 72

The name of Yperanthes seems to be of Persian origin. He offered an inscription that was walled in the right projecting elevation before the cult niche, in a red frame, in which traces of red and blue colours.

A graffito on the left wall of the temple shows the name of Macarius who may have been one of the brothers of Yperanthes.

Mentions

Marble slab with inscription from Mitreo Barberini

The inscription mentions the name of the donor, Yperanthes, of Persian origin.

TNMM 466

Yperanthes / basem inbicto / donum / dedit [ab Mitra].
Yperanthes offered the plinth as a present to the invincible god Mithras.

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