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Altar of Carrawburgh by Antonius Proculus

One of the three altars to Mithras found at the Mithraeum of Carrawburgh fort.
Altar from Carrawburgh

Altar from Carrawburgh
The New Mithraeum / Jona Lendering (CC BY-SA) 

 
The New Mithraeum
16 Mar 2022
Updated on Oct 2022

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Altar in sandstone (H. 1.17 Br. 0.53). The capital with focus and bolsters.

Deo inv(icto) M(ithrae) / L(ucius) Antonius / Proculus ! Praef(ectus) coh(ortis) I
Bat(avorum) / Antoninianae / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).

Antoninianae: between 212-222 A.D.
IRS XL, 1950, 114f and PI. XIII; Richmond-Gillam, 48f and PI. XI, A; ILN 1951, 455.

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