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Locus

Divio

Dijon is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. The earliest archaeological finds within the city limits of Dijon date to the Neolithic period.

Brothers active in Divio

 

Mithraic monuments of Divio

 

Inscription of Chyndonax

This inscription on an antique funeral urn mentions a certain high priest of Mithras.

CIMRM 934

Inscriptions of Divio

Μίθρης εν οργάδ[ι] χώμα το σώμα καλύπτει Χννδόνακτος ίερεω[ς] αρχηγού, δνσεβ(ίας) απέχον λύσι(ον) οίκον ὁρώ[ν].
Here, in the sacred land of Mithras, a mound covers the body of Chyndonax, high priest. Refrain from impiety at the sight of his redemptive tomb.

Inscription of Chyndonax

References

  • Bernard de Montfaucon (1708) Palaeographia graeca
  • Jean Guenebauld (1621) Le Réveil de Chyndonax
  • Wilhelm Vollgraff (1949) Le Réveil de Chyndonax