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Monuments to Mithras

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

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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….
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
[-] 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]…
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
Monumentum

CIMRM 111
Small marble head probably of Mithras tauroctonus from Leptis Magna, now Khoms.
TNMM854 – CIMRM 111
Monumentum

CIMRM 108
Statue of a standing person in eastern attire in red, local limestone with inscription.
TNMM851 – CIMRM 108, 109
Aristius Antiochus fec(it).
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
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).
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
Monumentum

Phallus relief from the Mithraeum of Tiddis
The phallus from Tiddis, Algeria, has been represented as a cock.
TNMM270
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
I(nvicto) M(ithrae) cultore/s de suo a s/olo / (a)edifi[c]arun(t).
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
Speleum cum [sig]/nis et omamen[tis] / Publilius Ceion[ius] / Caecina Albinu[s v(ir) c(larissimus)].
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
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
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.
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
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…
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
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Lambaesis
The Mithraeum of Tazoult / Lambèse is one of the best preserved Mithras’s temples in Africa.
TNMM101
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, 114
D(is) M(anibus) s(acrum) / Aelia Arisuth / vixit annus / sexaginta plus minus. // Quae lea iacet.
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 ---].
Mithraeum

Mithréum de Septeuil
The Mithraeum of Septeuil, Yvelines, was accommodated at the 4th century in an oldest sanctuary of the source.
TNMM287
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