Syndexios
Libeianos
Inscription in column at Dura Europos
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Franz Cumont poses in front of the main altar at the Mithraeum of Dura Europos
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Biography
of Libeianos
- Libeianos was a Pater of the Mithraeum of Dura Europos.
- Active c. 212 – 217 in Dura Europos, Syria-Coele (Syria).
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Mentions
Column with inscription from Dura Europos
TNMM 468
The inscription pays homage to the emperor, probably Caracalla, to Mithras, the fathers, the petitor and the syndexioi.
Ὓπὲρ Νίκης του Κυρί/ου ἡμων Αὐτοκράτορος / Νάμα θεῷ Μίθρᾳ / νάμα πάτρασι Λιβει/ανῷ καὶ Θεωδώρῳ / νάμα καὶ Μαρείνῳ πε/τίτορι νάμα πᾶσι τοῖς / συνδεξίοις παρὰ τῳ θε[ῷ].
For the victory of our lord the emperor. Homage to the god Mithras. Homage to the fathers Libeianos and Theodoros. Homage also to Mareinos the petitor. Homage to all syndexioi, before the god.
Mithraeum of Dura Europos
TNMM 34
The most emblematic of the Syrian Mithraea was discovered in 1933 by a team led by the Russian historian Mikhaïl Rostovtzeff.
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