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Chaldean priest of Mithras (1)

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Bird Omens
05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore
05.02 Omen interpretation
05.02.02 Terrestrial omens (Šumma ālu)
05.02.02.04 Bird Omens
Individuals identified as Assyrians
12 Assyrian Identity
12.02 Assyrian identity in post-Empire times
12.02.01 Assyria and Assyrians in Neo- and Late Babylonian sources
12.02.01.02 Individuals identified as Assyrians

Keywords
Chaldeans
Rome

Period
4th century CE

Channel
Roman inscriptions

Text
Latin Inscription from Forum Romanum 5.522:
High-born descendant of an ancient house, pontifex for whom the blessed Regia, with the sacred fire of Vesta, does service, augur too, worshipper of reverend Threefold Diana, Babylonian priest of the temple of Persian Mithras (Persidiciq(ue) Mithrae antistes Babilonie templi), and at the same time leader of the mysteries of the mighty, holy taurobolium.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Latin Inscription from Forum Romanum 5.522

Bibliography

Clauss 2001, 30

Clauss, Manfred. The Roman Cult of Mithras. The God and his Mysteries. London, New York: Routledge, 2001.

Amar Annus

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