Newcastle

  • Description

    Altar to Mithras set up in the mithraeum at Carrawburgh. Now in the Great North Museum. The inscription (RIB 1545) reads D(eo) In(victo) M(ithrae) s(acrum) / Aul(us) Cluentius / Habitus pra(e)f(ectus) / coh(ortis) I / Batavorum / domu Ulti/n(i)a colon(ia) / Sept(imia) Aur(elia) L(arino) / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito) or 'For the invincible scared god Mithras, Aulus Cluentius Habitus, prefect of the First Cohort of Batavians, from the Ultinian voting-tribe, from the colony of Septimia Aurelia Larinum, willingly and deservedly fulfilled a vow'.
  • Owner

    The Armatura Press
  • Source

    Flickr (Flickr)
  • License

    What does this mean? Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License
  • Further information

    Link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/83154955@N00/8313085898/
    Resource type: Image
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 7 years, 3 months ago
    Viewed: 725 times
    Picture Taken: Unknown
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