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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.
  • Epitaphe de Chyndonax, Grand-Prêtre de Mithra

    Epitaphe de Chyndonax, Grand-Prêtre de Mithra
    Jean Guenebauld 

  • Cuve de pierre à operculum trouvée à Dijon

    Cuve de pierre à operculum trouvée à Dijon
    Jean Guenebauld 

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.

Inscriptions of Divio

Μίθρης εν οργάδ[ι] χώμα το σώμα καλύπτει Χννδόνακτος ίερεω[ς] αρχηγού, δνσεβ(ίας) απέχον λύσι(ον) οίκον 6ρώ[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