Mithraic monuments of Nida
People attested in Nida
Inscriptions from Nida
Altar with Mithras rock-birth of Nida
D[eo] inv[icto] Mit[hrae] / Senilius Car/antinus / c[ivis] Medio/m[atricus]
V[otum] s[olvit] l[ibens] l[aetus] m[erito] / Sive Cracissiu[s]. // P[etram] genetricem.
V[otum] s[olvit] l[ibens] l[aetus] m[erito] / Sive Cracissiu[s]. // P[etram] genetricem.
To the invincible god Mithras, Senilius Carantinus, also named Cracissius, citizen of Mediomatricus, dedicated willingly, gladly and deservedly following a vow these images of Cautes, of the generative rock, of Cautopates, and of the Heaven and Ocean.
Altar of Murius Victor from Frankfurt
I[n] h[onorem] d[omus] d[iviuae] / d[eo] i[nvicto] Mithrae / Murius Victor / aedilis c[oloniae] T[aunensium] ex v[oto].
[Pos[uit] ded[it]] q[ue] / [d. n. Phi]l[ippo et] Ti/[tiano] co[n]s[ulibus].
[Pos[uit] ded[it]] q[ue] / [d. n. Phi]l[ippo et] Ti/[tiano] co[n]s[ulibus].
In honor of the Divine House, to the Unconquered God Mithras, Murius Victor, aedile of the Colony of the Taunensians, [set this up] in fulfillment of a vow.
[He] placed [and] gave [this altar] when our lords Philip and Titianus were consuls.
[He] placed [and] gave [this altar] when our lords Philip and Titianus were consuls.
References
- Alfred Shenington Geden. Altar of Murius Victor from Frankfurt in EDCS
- Elmar Schwertheim (1974) Die Denkmäler orientalischer Gottheiten im römischen Deutschland
- Epigraphic Database Heidelberg. Altar of Murius Victor from Frankfurt in EDH
- I. Huld-Zetsche (1994) NIDA - Eine römische Stadt in Frankfurt am Main (Aalen) 126 Ill. 92
- Manfred Clauss (1992) Cultores Mithrae. Die Anhängerschaft des Mithras-Kultes.
- Nicolas Amoroso, Laurent Bricault & Richard Veymiers (eds.) (2021) The Mystery of Mithras. Exploring the heart of a Roman cult
- Relief mit Leo — Arachne

