CIMRM 1243 - Altar with inscription. Bingen, Germany.

CIMRM entry

1243. Altar (H. 1.24 Br. 0.70 D. 0.43) in sandstone. Bingen, Museum. Inv. No. 2465.
Behrens in Germania VI, 1922, 8lf; Cagnat in Ann. Ep., 1923, 11, No. 34; Drexel in ERGK XIV, 1922, 11; Lehner in EJ 129,1924,86 No. 240; Mainzer Zeitschrift 1937, 42 No. 12 and fig., Finke in ERGK XVII, 1927, 72f No. 226; Behrens, BL, 22f No. 4 and fig. 33.
In h(onorem) d(omus) d(ivinae) / deo invicto / Mytrhe (sic!) ara/m ex voto dei / de suo impen/dio instituer(unt) / A(ulus) Gratius Iuven/is pater sacroru/m et A(ulus) Gratius Po/tens m(iles) l(egionis) XXII mat/ricarius fratres / dedic(aver) r)unt co(n)s(ule) Afri(cano).
l.4: ex voto dei is a correction of et templum. Traces of red colour.
l.7: Iuven(is) correction of Ioven(is). The gentilicium Gratius in CIL XIII, 7083.
l.10: matricarius is in Behrens' opinion connected with the Mithras community and not with the Legio XXII.
236 A.D.