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Locus

Durnomagus

Founded in 50 AD, Durnomagus is now part of the German town of Dormagen.

Mithraic monuments of Durnomagus

 

Mithräum von Dormagen

Workman digging in a field near Dormagen found a vault. Against one of the walls were found two monuments related to Mithras.

 

Tauroctony from Dormagen

The sculpture of Mithras slaying the bull found in Dormagen is exposed at Bonn Landesmuseum.

CIMRM 1012

 

Fragmented tauroctony of Dormagen

This second tauroctony, found in the Mithraeum of Dormagen, was consecrated by a man of Thracian origin.

CIMRM 1014

 

Mithraeum of Durnomagus

Subterranean Mithraic sanctuary near Dormagen with painted walls and a cult relief at the rear.

CIMRM 1011

 

Ritual finds from the Mithraeum of Durnomagus

Assemblage of altars, lamps, coins and ritual objects discovered in the sanctuary.

CIMRM 1016

Brothers attested in Durnomagus

Gaius Amandinius Verus

Gaius Amandinius Verus
(171 – 230)

Inscriptions from Durnomagus

Mithräum von Dormagen

Deo Soli i[nvicto] M[ithrae] p[ro] s[alute] i[mperatoris] Suran l[ibertus] dupl[icarius] ale Noricorum ci[vis] Trax v[otum] s[olvit] l[ibens] m[erito].
To the god Sol Invictus Mithras, for the well-being of the emperor, Suran, freedman, duplicarius of the Ala Noricorum, a Thracian citizen, willingly and deservedly fulfilled his vow.

Tauroctony from Dormagen

D[eo] S[oli] i[nvicto] imp[erio] C. Amandinius / Verus buc[inator] v[otum] l[ibens] l[aetus] m[erito].
Under the command of the Unconquered Sun God, C. Amandinius Verus, the trumpeter, willingly, gladly, and deservedly fulfils his vow.

Fragmented tauroctony of Dormagen

Deo Soli I[nvicto] M[ithrae] p[ro] s[alute] Th[?]urat[?]r[?][al]is Didil[ae f[ilius]] / dup[l[arius]] al[a]e Noricorum ci[vis T[h]rax v[otum] s[olvit] l[ibens] m[erito]]

References

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