535. Dedication to Deus Invictus - Augusta Emerita

Description

Deo / Inuicto / G(aius) Camilius / Superat(us) / a(nimo) l(ibens) p(osuit)

Code

535

Title

535. Dedication to Deus Invictus - Augusta Emerita

Text of the inscription

Deo / Inuicto / G(aius) Camilius / Superat(us) / a(nimo) l(ibens) p(osuit)

Other name

Deo Invicto Gaius Camilius Superatus animo libens posuit

Textual source

Mitra en Hispania 1.01.02.02

Number of deities

1

Onomastic attribute 1

Institutions and individuals involved

1

Terminus post quem

150

Terminus ante quem

200

Topographic context

It comes from Cerro de San Albín in 1902.

Place of conservation

Museo Nacional de Arte Romano - Mérida

Condition of conservation

In museum

Inventory number

nº inv. 566

Support

Altar

Size (cm)

27 x 15 x 12

Material

Marble

Further bibliography

HAE 2692; ERAE 26; CMBa, 206; CIMRM, I, nº 796.

GARCÍA Y BELLIDO, A., «El culto de Mithras en España», BRAH 122, 1948, p.325.
GARCÍA Y BELLIDO, A., Religiones orientales, 1967, p. 28, nº 5.

EDCS

Last update

08/04/2022

Author

Lorenzo Pérez Yarza (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)

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