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Monumentum

Lion-headed figure of Mérida
The lion-headed figure, Aion, from Mérida, wears oriental knickers fastened at the waist by a cinch strap.
TNMM241 – CIMRM 776
Monumentum

Mercury of Mérida
The statue of Mercury in Merida bears a dedication from the Roman Pater of a community in the city in 155.
TNMM394 – CIMRM 780, 781
Ann(o) col(oniae) CLXXX / invicto deo Mithrae / sacr(um) / G(aius) Accius Hedychrus / Pater / a(nimo) (libente) plosuit).
Monumentum

Altar of Mérida from Quintio
This altar, which has now disappeared, was dedicated by the slave Quintio for the health of a certain Coutius Lupus.
TNMM520 – CIMRM 794
Inuicto Deo / Quintio Flaui / Baetici Conim/brig(ensis) ser(uus) / pro sa(lute) Coutii Lupi
Syndexios

Quintio
A slave of a certain Flavius Baeticus, Quintio dedicated an altar to the health of a companion.
Monumentum

Altar of Vettius Agrorius Praetextatus
The marble altar mentions Vettius Agrorius Praetextatus as Pater Sacrorum and Patrum and his wife Aconia Fabia Paulina.
TNMM273 – CIMRM 420
D(is) M(anibus). Vettius Agorius Praetextatus augur, p[o]ntifex Vestae, pontifex Sol[is], quindecemvir curialis Herc[u]lis, sacratus Libero et Eleusiniis, hierophanta, neocorus, tauroboliatus, …
Monumentum

Isis de Mérida
The Isis of Merida is covered by a long dress that reaches down to her feet.
TNMM424
Syndexios

Gaius Curius Avitus
Monumentum

Cautopates from Casa del Mitreo of Mérida
The sculpture of the solar god is signed by its author, Demetrios.
TNMM242 – CIMRM 773, 774
Invicto sacrum C. Curius Avitus / Acci(o) Hedychro pa(tre). Δημήτριος ἐποίει
Syndexios

Gaius Iulius
For the health of this man, a small altar was dedicated to the god Invictus in the Emerita Augusta.
Monumentum

Oceaunus of Mérida
The sculpture of Oceanus in Merida bears an inscription by the Pater Patrorum Gaius Accius Hedychrus.
TNMM428 – CIMRM 778, 779
G(aius) Acc(ius) Hedychrus / p(ater) patrum
Monumentum

Venus of Mérida small sculpture
The lack of attributes and its decontextualisation prevent us from attributing a specific Mithraic attribution to this small Venus pudica from Mérida.
TNMM429 – CIMRM 785
Monumentum

Aion of Mérida
The Aion-Chronos of Mérida was found near the bullring of the current city, once capital of the Roman province Hispania Ulterior.
TNMM181 – CIMRM 777
Monumentum

Aesculapius of Merida
This standing sculptural figure from Mérida appears to carry the serpent staff, characteristic of the medicine god Aesculapius.
TNMM425 – CIMRM 786
Monumentum

Venus pudica of Mérida
The Venus pudica of Merida stands next to the young Amor riding a dolplhin.
TNMM423 – CIMRM 784
Monumentum

Cautes of Mérida
This nude male figure, found at Cerro de San Albín, Mérida, has been identified as Cautes.
TNMM421
Monumentum

Naked figure from Mérida
This sculpture may be a naked dadophorus, probably Cautopates.
TNMM243 – CIMRM 775
Mithraeum

Mitreo de Tróia
García y Bellido proposed the existence of a mithraeum in a narrow, elongated room where the Troia mithraic relief was found.
TNMM102
Monumentum

CIMRM 787
Marble statuette (H. 0.52), found in 1902.
TNMM1237 – CIMRM 787
Monumentum

CIMRM 788
Marble statue (H. 1.34).
TNMM1238 – CIMRM 788
Monumentum

CIMRM 789
Marble statue (H. 1.58).
TNMM1239 – CIMRM 789