Syndexios
Galerios
Dedicated a stele in Nicopolis ad Istrum.
Mithras stele of Nicopolis ad Istrum
N. Sharankov
Biography
of Galerios
- Galerios was a brother. He was a(n) Assistant stonecutter.
- Active early 3rd century in Nicopolis ad Istrum, Dacia Malvensis (Dacia).
TNMP 94
As he mentions in the stele of Nicopolis ad Istrum, he was an assistant stonecutter, son of Proteos.
Mentions
Tauroctony stele of Nicopolis ad Istrum
The Tauroctony of Nicopolis ad Istrum is unique as it is the only Mithraic stele befitting a Greek donor.
TNMM 341
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.