Syndexios
Galerios
Dedicated a stele in Nicopolis ad Istrum.
Mithras stele of Nicopolis ad Istrum
N. Sharankov
Biography
of Galerios
- Galerios was a syndexios.
- Active early 3rd century in Nicopolis ad Istrum, Dacia Malvensis (Dacia).
- He was an Assistant stonecutter.
TNMP 94
As he mentions in the stele of Nicopolis ad Istrum, he was an assistant stonecutter, son of Proteos.
References
- Epigraphic Database Heidelberg. Tauroctony stele of Nicopolis ad Istrum in EDH
- Valentin Bottez (2018) Mithras in Moesia Inferior. New data and new perspectives
- Николай Шаранков (2013) Посвещение на Митра от Никополис ад Иструм
Mentions
Tauroctony stele of Nicopolis ad Istrum
TNMM 341
The Tauroctony of Nicopolis ad Istrum is unique as it is the only Mithraic stele befitting a Greek donor.
Ἀγαθῆι τύχηι. Ἡλίῳ | Μίθρᾳ | θεῷ | ἐπηκόῳ || Αὐρ(ήλιος) | Μᾶρκος | γναφεὺς | τὸ συήλιον | σὺν τῇ || ζωγραφίᾳ | κατεσκεύ|ασεν | ἐκ τῶν |ἰδίων || εὐχαρισ|τήριον.
To the lord Mithras, as an ex-voto, Galerios, son of Proteos, assistant stone cutter. To good fortune. To Helios Mithras, the listening god, Aurelios Markos, stone cutter, had the stele erected with the painting, at his own expense, as a mark of gratitude.
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