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Monuments to Mithras

Monuments, inscriptions and artefacts related to Mithras and his cult.

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    Mithréum de Septeuil

    In the second half of the 4th century, a Mithraic temple was established within an earlier spring sanctuary at Septeuil, where the cult of the nymphs and Mithraic practices appear to have coexisted.

    TNMM287, 1497

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    Monumentum

    Aion from Ciciliano

    Gold lamina from Ciciliano showing a nude, serpent-entwined Aion-Kronos holding a key and surrounded by Greek voces magicae (2nd c. CE).

    TNMM885 – CIMRM 168

    ΑΒΛΑΝΑΘΑΝΑΛΒΑ ΙΑΩ ΑΚΡΑΜΑΧΑΜΑΡΙ ΑΔΩΝΑΕΙ (Α los lados de las piernas) Μ ΣΛ ΣΙ ΕΛ Μ προχ….
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    Monumentum

    Graffito from the Mitreo del Cassegiato di Diana

    This graffito seems to be an account of offerings made by Mithras worshippers in the Cassegiato di Diana.

    TNMM612, 577

    [-] Alcumus (!) [-] ǀ Ulas [---] ((denarios)) V ǀ Babenus SMAXS ǀ Becton binu(m) ((denarios)) II ǀ Proclus (!) binu(m) ((denarios)) II ǀ Ermes (!) binu(m) ((denarios)) III ǀ Fortuniu(s) ada[nda]…
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    Monumentum

    CIMRM 116

    Giacomo Caputo writes us about an inscription, discovered at the Roman Fort of Bu-Ngem by the British School at Rome.

    TNMM855 – CIMRM 116

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    Monumentum

    CIMRM 111

    Small marble head probably of Mithras tauroctonus from Leptis Magna, now Khoms.

    TNMM854 – CIMRM 111

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    Monumentum

    CIMRM 108

    Statue of a standing person in eastern attire in red, local limestone with inscription.

    TNMM851 – CIMRM 108

    Aristius Antiochus fec(it).
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    Monumentum

    Aion of Skikda

    The lion-headed figure from Rusicade, now Skikda, holds a key in both hands and features a pine cone beside his feet.

    TNMM318 – CIMRM 125, 735

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    Monumentum

    Cultores Inscription from Tiddis

    Inscription recording the dedication of a mithraeum at Tiddis by a group of cultores who built the sanctuary at their own expense.

    TNMM1384 – CIMRM 162

    I(nvicto) M(ithrae) cultore/s de suo a s/olo // aedificarun(t).
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    Monumentum

    Second phallus relief from the Mithraeum of Tiddis

    This second relief depicting a phallus from Tiddis, Algeria, has been positioned alongside its counterpart atop pillars that greet visitors to the Mithras shrine.

    TNMM799

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    Monumentum

    Phallus relief from the Mithraeum of Tiddis

    The phallus from Tiddis, Algeria, has been represented as a cock.

    TNMM270, 864

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    Mithraeum

    Mithraeum of Tiddis

    The Mithraeum was housed in a cave. The vault is almost dome-shaped and in front of the cave there is enough space for a possible adjacent temple.

    TNMM269 – CIMRM 162, 1233

    I(nvicto) M(ithrae) cultore/s de suo a s/olo / (a)edifi[c]arun(t).
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    Mithraeum

    Mithraeum of Cirta

    An inscription mentioning a speleum decorated by Publilius Ceionius suggests the location of a mithraeum in Cirta, the capital of Numidia.

    TNMM615 – CIMRM 129, 782

    Speleum cum [sig]/nis et omamen[tis] / Publilius Ceion[ius] / Caecina Albinu[s v(ir) c(larissimus)].
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    Mithraeum

    Mithraeum of Skikda

    Many of the inscriptions and sculptures of the site were kept in a museum which has been destroyed.

    TNMM92 – CIMRM 121, 1647

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    Monumentum

    Altar by Florus from Lambaesis

    This altar, found in Tazoult تازولت, Algeria, was dedicated to the god Sol Mithras by a certain Florus.

    TNMM779, 762

    D(eo) S(oli) I(nvicto) M(ithrae) / Val(erius) Florus / v(ir) p(erfectissimus) p(raeses) p(rovinciae) N(umidiae) M(ilitianae) / ex voto / posuit.
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    Monumentum

    Altar by Celsianus from Lambaesis

    This altar found in Lambèse, now Tazoult, Algeria, bears the inscription of a certain Celsianus for the health of two men to the god Sol Unconquered Mithras.

    TNMM781, 650

    Deo Soli / Invicto / Mithr(a)e / pro salute et / incolumitate / C(ai) Fabi Fabiani / Vetili Luciliani / leg(ati) Aug(usti) pr(o) pr(aetore) c(larissimi) v(iri) / Celsianus act(or) et not(arius) v(otum…
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    Monumentum

    Tauroctony on display in Virginia

    Rich relief on display at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art showing Mithras sacrificing the bull accompanied by Cautes and Cautopates.

    TNMM540, 1157

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    Mithraeum

    Mithraeum of Lambaesis

    The Mithraeum of Tazoult / Lambèse is one of the best preserved Mithras’s temples in Africa.

    TNMM101, 1246

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    Monumentum

    Frescoes from the tomb of Aelius Magnus and Aelia Arisuth in Oea

    The Mithraic nature of the frescoes of Oea, according to the scholars Cumont and Vermaseren, is now questioned.

    TNMM575 – CIMRM 113, 794

    D(is) M(anibus) s(acrum) / Aelia Arisuth / vixit annus / sexaginta plus minus. // Quae lea iacet.
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    Monumentum

    Inscription of Chemtou

    Dedication from Simitthus mentioning the restoration of a monument and a vow fulfilled to Cautes and Cautopates during the reign of Caracalla and Julia Maesa.

    TNMM1389

    [------] Imp(eratoris) Caes(aris) M(arci) Aurel(i) An]/tonini ⟦---⟧ et Iuliae Ma[esae ---]/re novo et carmine sign[---]/legionis restituit auxil[---]/solvit Cauten Cautopate[n ---].
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    Monumentum

    Saul depicted as Mithras Tauroctonos

    Saul cutting the oxen to pieces poses as Mithras Tauroctonos in this painting, which adorns the mantelpiece of Henry II’s bedroom at the Château d’Écouen near Paris.

    TNMM771, 1084

 
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