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  • Monumentum

    Altar from Mérida 'pro salute'

    The small Mithraic altar found at Cerro de San Albin, Merida, bears an inscription to the health of Caius Iulius.

    TNMM427 – CIMRM 795

    Deo / Inuicto / pro salute / Cai Iuli / […]
  • Monumentum

    Altar to Mithras at the Walters Art Museum

    This altar bears an inscription to the health of the emperor Commodus by a certain Marcus Aurelius, his father and two other fellows.

    TNMM542 – CIMRM 510

    Soli Invicto / Mithrae / pro salute Commod(i) / Antonini Aug(usti) domin(i) n(ostri) / M(arcus) Aurel(ius) Stertinius / Carpus una cum Carpo / proc(uratore) k(astrensi) patre et Her/mioneo et Balbino …
  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony on altar of Ptuj

    Remarkable fragmentary sculpture of Mithras slaying the bull on an inscribed altar found in Mithraeum III at Ptuj.

    TNMM564 – CIMRM 1589, 1590

    D(eo) S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / pro (sa) salute /canaliclari / et actariorum /et codicarior(um) / et librariorum / leg(ionum) V M(acedonicae) et XIII g(eminae) / Gallienarum.
  • Monumentum

    Altar of Benifayó

    This altar found in Benifaió, València, was erected by a slave called Lucanus.

    TNMM528

    Invicto / Mithrae / Lucanus / Ser(vus).
  • Monumentum

    Altar of Klechovtse

    The limestone altar at Klechovtse in North Macedonia bears an inscription to the invincible Mithras.

    TNMM414 – CIMRM 2209

    [D(eo) i(nvicto)] M(ithrae) / fano mag(no) / pro sal(ute) Aug[g(ustorum)] n(ostrorum) / Apollonides / eorund(em) vect(igalis) Il/lyr(ici) ser(vus) (contra)sc(riptor) st(ationis) / Lamud(---) quam vove…
  • Monumentum

    Altar by Caius Aemilius Superaius of Merida

    Small white marble altar made in honour of Mithras found at San Albín, Mérida.

    TNMM426 – CIMRM 796

    Deo / invicto / C(aius) Aemilius / Superai[us] / a(nimo) l(ibens) p(osuit).
  • 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
  • Monumentum

    Altar of Carnuntum by Sacidius Barbarus

    This altar bears the oldest known Latin inscription to the god Mithras, written Mitrhe.

    TNMM503 – CIMRM 1718

    Invicto Mitrhe / C. Sacidius Ba/rbarus [c(enturio)] leg(ionis) / XV Apol[linar(is)] / ex voto ....
  • Monumentum

    Altar from Aquincum by Castinus

    This altar to Mithras is dedicated by a certain Gaius Iulius Castinus, legate prefect of the emperors.

    TNMM502 – CIMRM 1774

    Deo Invicto / Mitrae C(aius) / Iul(ius) Casti/nus leg(atus) Augg(ustorum) / pr(o) pr(aetore).
  • Monumentum

    Altar with openwork of Inveresk

    The altar of Sol from Inveresk, Scotland, was pierced, probably to illuminate part of the temple with a particular effect.

    TNMM459

    Soli C(aius) Cas(sius ?) Fla(vianus ?) >