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Herclea

Heraclea Pontica e̝ˈraklia pontiˈke̝], known in Byzantine and later times as Pontoheraclea, was an ancient city on the coast of Bithynia in Asia Minor, at the mouth of the river Lycus.

Mithraic monuments of Herclea

 

Inscription of Iulius Pyrrus

This inscription to Zeus Helios Mithras Serapis by a certain Ioulios Pyrros is now lost.

Brothers attested in Herclea

Ioulios Pyrros

Ioulios Pyrros

Inscriptions from Herclea

Inscription of Iulius Pyrrus

Διὶ Ἡλίῳ Μίθρᾳ Σέραπι Ἰούλιος Πύρρος εὐξάμενος ἀν[έθηκεν].
To Zeus Helios Mithras Serapis, Ioulios Pyrros made a vow of consecration.
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