Monumentum
Column with inscription from Dura Europos
The inscription pays homage to the emperor, probably Caracalla, to Mithras, the fathers, the petitor and the syndexioi.
PublishedThe New Mithraeum
31 Jan 2022
Column with inscription Dura Europos
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Inscription in column at Dura Europos
Yale University Press
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Graffito on column I in black letters (L.H. 0.01).
Ὓπὲρ Νίκης του Κυρί/ου ἡμων Αὐτοκράτορος / Νάμα θεῷ Μίθρᾳ / νάμα πάτρασι Λιβει/ανῷ καὶ Θεωδώρῳ / νάμα καὶ Μαρείνῳ πε/τίτορι νάμα πᾶσι τοῖς / συνδεξίοις παρὰ τῳ θε[ῷ];
Underneath the word in a crown; to the right a palmbranch. The emperor mentioned is probably Caracalla.
RM 1934,203 and fig. 4; ILN 1934, fig. 2; Ann. cp. 1935, No. 159; Report, No.
Ὓπὲρ Νίκης του Κυρί/ου ἡμων Αὐτοκράτορος / Νάμα θεῷ Μίθρᾳ / νάμα πάτρασι Λιβει/ανῷ καὶ Θεωδώρῳ / νάμα καὶ Μαρείνῳ πε/τίτορι νάμα πᾶσι τοῖς / συνδεξίοις παρὰ τῳ θε[ῷ];
Underneath the word in a crown; to the right a palmbranch. The emperor mentioned is probably Caracalla.