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Stone monument in dedication to Mithras (2nd-3rd century CE)
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Kent Navalesi ☕️ mstdn.social KentNavalesi@mstdn.social
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D(eo) IN(victo) M(ithrae) P(etram) GENETRICEM SENILIVS CAR ANTINVS C(ivis) MEDIO M(atricus) V(otum) S(olvit) L(ibens) L(aetus) M(erito) SIVE CRACISSIVS (Geweiht) Dem unbesiegten Mithras (hat) Senilius Carantinus, der auch Cracissius genannt wird, Bürger der Civitas der Mediomatriker (antiker Hauptort: Divodurum Mediomatricorum / Metz) die Darstellung der Felsgeburt geweiht. Sein Gelübde hat er gerne und freudig erfüllt, wie es sich gebührt. Credit: Archaeologisches Museum Frankfurt stone monument about 1 meter tall depicting, at top, a temple-like structure with columns and pitched roof. Inside the temple is a depiction of Mithras' birth from the rock, holding a dagger and torch. the temple sits atop a pedestal that is about 2/5 the entire monument's height, and the pedestal has an inscription in roman capitals.

Stone monument in dedication to Mithras (2nd-3rd century CE)@historyartifacts Archaeologisches Museum Frankfurt, Germany 🇩🇪. The museum has a lot of stone dedications to Mithras, whose cult was popular in the area.Inscription and German translation in alttext.@histodons #paganism #mythology #MythologyMonday #religion #ReligiousStudies #Altertumswissenschaften #LinguaLatina #antiquité #AncientReligions #LateAntiquity #AncientHistory #antike #epigraphy #MuseumArchive #glam #AncientArt
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