CIMRM 1676 - Altar by Adlectus the slave. Carnutum, Austria.

From: Torben Retboll - teacher and traveller.

The altar in the middle was erected by Adlectus, a slave, who wanted to pay tribute to Mithras, unconquered god and creator of light (genitor luminis).
The Latin text (CIL 03 - 04414):
Deo Invicto Mithrae
ADLECtus
SERvus Titi C ? V ?
GENitori LUMinis
Votum Solvit Libens Laetus Merito

CIMRM entry

1676.
Altar (H. 0.90 Br. 0.42 D. 0.39). Inv. III, 38.
CIL III 4414; MMM II No. 370.
L.H. 0.045-0.06.
D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / Adlec(tus) / ser(vus) T(iberii) C(laudii?) v ... / gen(itori) lum(inis) / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito).
genitori luminis: cf. Cumont, "Mithra et l'Orphisme" in RHR 1934, 66 n. 6 and MMM I, 359ff.