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Altar of Tihaljina
This altar, discovered in Grude, near Tihaljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, bears an inscription by Pinnes, a soldier of the Cohors Prima Belgica.
TNMM754 – CIMRM 1889
D(eo) I(nvicto) M(ithrae) a[c Ge]/niis sac[r(orum)] / Augusto[r(um)] / Rus(---) Pin(nes) mi/les / co(hortis) prim(ae) / Bel(garum) immunis / libens merito / posuit.
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Altar to Petra Genetrix from Carnuntum
Aelius Nigrinus dedicated this small altar in Carnuntum to the rock from which Mithras was born.
TNMM722 – CIMRM 1674
Petrae / Genetrici / P(ublius) Ael(ius) Nigri/nus sacerd(os) / v(otum) s(olvit).
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Altar of Veturius Dubitatus from Dalj
This limestone altar dedicated to Mithras by a certain Veturius Dubitatus was found in Dalj, Croatia, in 1910.
TNMM751 – CIMRM 1635
I(nvicto) d(eo) M(ithrae) / [Ve?]t(urius) Du/[bi]tatus / [vet(eranus)] a(lae) I (primae) c(ivium) R(omanorum) / [e]x dupl(icario) / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).
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Altar with Phrygian cap from Altbachtal
The altar with a Phrygian cap and a dagger from Trier was erected by a Pater called Martius Martialis.
TNMM525 – CIMRM 987
D(eo) I(nvicto) M(ithrae) / Martius / Martia/lis pater / in suo / posuit.
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Altar with Sol’s head from Altbachtal
This stone altar fround in Altbachtal bears an inscription by a certain Martius Martialis.
TNMM747 – CIMRM 986
D(eo) i(nvicto) S(oli) / Martius Martialis / pater / in suo posuit.
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Altar of Faustinus from Gimmeldingen
This sandstone altar was dedicated to the god Invictus by a certain Faustinus from Gimmeldingen.
TNMM694 – CIMRM 1320
[De]o / [i]nviht(o) / [Fa]ustinus / [c]orax / [v]o(tum) s(olvit) /l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito).
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Altar of Dioscorus from Alba Iulia
In 1852, Károly Pap, a naval captain, unearthed several Mithraic monuments in his garden at Marospartos, including this altar.
TNMM665 – CIMRM 1942, 1943
lnvicto / Mythrae / Diosco/rus Marci (servus) / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).
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Altar of Nummius Amandus from Alba Iulia
This altar dedicated to the Invincible Sol Mithra was found in 1878 in a cemetery in Alba Iulia.
TNMM643 – CIMRM 1951
Soli i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / C(aius) Nummius / Amandus / qui et / templum.
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Altar of Tettius Plotus from Oescus
In the altar that Titus Tettius Plotus dedicated to the invincible God, he called himself pater sacrorum.
TNMM634 – CIMRM 2252
T(itus) Tettiu[s] / Plotu{u}[s] / vet(eranus) leg(ionis) II[II] / F(laviae) F(elix) p(ater) s(acrorum) d[ei] / Invicti [s(olvit)] / l(ibens) m(erito).
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Altar by Marcus Aurelius Sabinus
This altar to the god Sol invicto Mithra was erected by a legate during Maximin's reign in Lambaesis, Numidia.
TNMM616 – CIMRM 134
Deo Sol(i) in/victo Mi/thrae / M. Aurel(ius) / M(arci) f(ilius) Sergi/s Carnu/nto Sabi/nus prae/fect(us) leg(ionis) / III aug(ustae) p(iae) v(indicis) / Maximi/nianae v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito…