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Syndexios

Statius Ursinus

Dedicated with his father Ursus the double face relief of Proložac.

Mithras feast from Proložac
Museum of Croatian Archaeological Monuments, Split

Biography
of Statius Ursinus

Statius Ursinus was a syndexios.
Resident in Ad Enum, Noricum in c. late 3rd century (TNMM 304).

References

Richard Gordon (2016) Den Jungstier auf den goldenen Schultern tragen. Mythos, Ritual und jenseitsvorstellungen im Mithraskult

Attestations

Mithraic meal from Proložac, Croatia

TNMM 304

Mithras and Sol share a sacred meal accompanied by Cautes and Cautopates on a relief found in a cemetery from Croatia.

Invicto Mithre Stati[i] ursus / et Ursinus pat[er] et fil[ius] v[otum] l[ibentes] p[osuerunt].

To the invincible Mithras, Statius Ursus and Statius Ursinus, father and son, took this vow willingly.

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