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MONUMENTUM
Lion-headed figure of Mérida
The lion-headed figure, Aion, from Mérida, wears oriental knickers fastened at the waist by a cinch strap.
CIMRM 776
Spain
MONUMENTUM
Altar of Merida consecrated by Marcus Valerius Secundus
This altar is dedicated to the birth of Mithras by a frumentarius of the Legio VII Geminae.
CIMRM 793
Spain
Ann(o) Col(oniae) CLXXX / aram genesis / Inuicti Mithrae / M(arcus) Val(erius) Secundus / fr(umentarius) Leg(ionis) VII Gem(inae) dono / ponendam merito curauit / G(aio) Accio Hedychro patre
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Mercury of Mérida
The statue of Mercury in Merida bears a dedication from the Roman Pater of a community in the city in 155.
CIMRM 780, 781
Spain
Ann(o) col(oniae) CLXXX / invicto deo Mithrae / sacr(um) / G(aius) Accius Hedychrus / Pater / a(nimo) (libente) plosuit).
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Altar by Caius Aemilius Superaius of Merida
Small white marble altar made in honour of Mithras found at San Albín, Mérida.
CIMRM 796
Spain
Deo / invicto / C(aius) Aemilius / Superai[us] / a(nimo) l(ibens) p(osuit).
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.
CIMRM 795
Spain
Deo / Inuicto / pro salute / Cai Iuli / […]
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Quintio
A slave of a certain Flavius Baeticus, Quintio dedicated an altar to the health of a companion.
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.
CIMRM 794
Spain
Inuicto Deo / Quintio Flaui / Baetici Conim/brig(ensis) ser(uus) / pro sa(lute) Coutii Lupi
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Altar of Vettius Agrorius Praetextatus
The marble altar mentions Vettius Agrorius Praetextatus as Pater Sacrorum and Patrum and his wife Aconia Fabia Paulina.
CIMRM 420
Italy
D(is) M(anibus). Vettius Agorius Praetextatus augur, p[o]ntifex Vestae, pontifex Sol[is], quindecemvir curialis Herc[u]lis, sacratus Libero et Eleusiniis, hierophanta, neocorus,...
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Lucius Petreius Victor
Garlic merchant, probably from Lusitania, who dedicated an altar to Cautes in Tarraconensis
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Gaius Accius Hedychrus
Pater Patrum at Emerita Augusta
MONUMENTUM
Isis de Mérida
The Isis of Merida is covered by a long dress that reaches down to her feet.
Spain
SYNDEXIOS
Gaius Curius Avitus
MONUMENTUM
Cautopates from Casa del Mitreo of Mérida
The sculpture of the solar god is signed by its author, Demetrios.
CIMRM 773, 774
Spain
Invicto sacrum C. Curius Avitus / Acci(o) Hedychro pa(tre). Δημήτριος ἐποίει
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Gaius Iulius
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Gaius Aemilius Superaius
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Marcus Valerius Secundus
Centurio frumentarius probably from Tarraco, who served in the Legio VII Gemina located in Emerita Agusta.
MITHRAEUM
Casa del Mitreo de Mérida
Although this building is not a Mithraeum, archaeologists have found several monuments related to the cult of Mithras.
CIMRM 772
Spain
MONUMENTUM
Oceaunus of Mérida
The sculpture of Oceanus in Merida bears an inscription by the Pater Patrorum Gaius Accius Hedychrus.
CIMRM 778, 779
Spain
G(aius) Acc(ius) Hedychrus / p(ater) patrum
MONUMENTUM
Venus of Mérida small sculpture
The lack of attributes and its decontextualisation prevent us from attributing a specific Mithraic attribution to this small Venus pudica from Mérida.
CIMRM 785
Spain
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Aion of Mérida
The Aion-Chronos of Mérida was found near the bullring of the current city, once capital of the Roman province Hispania Ulterior.
CIMRM 777
Spain