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Monuments to Mithras

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

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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

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).
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).
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
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Sofia
The Mithraeum of Serdica was found in the fortified area of the ancient city of Serdica, now Sofia, Bulgaria.
TNMM56 – CIMRM 2322
Monumentum

Denarius depicting Mithras rock-birth of St. Albans
The mithraic denarius of St. Albans dates from the 2nd century.
TNMM314 – CIMRM 827
MIΘRAC ΩROMASDHC / ΦRHN.
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

Aion of Orazio Muti
This monument has been identified from ’Memorie di varie antichità trovate in diversi luoghi della città di Roma’, a book by Flaminio Vacca of 1594.
TNMM113 – CIMRM 382
Monumentum

Column of Callimorphus
Callimorphus dedicated this image of the sun god to the invincible sun ’Mythra’.
TNMM35 – CIMRM 17
Solem / Soli invicto / Mythrae / pro salute et incolu/mitate / Chresimi Aug(ustorum) / n(ostrorum) dispensatoris / Callimorphus arkar/ius eiusdem / votum solvit / libens animo.
Monumentum

Intaglio of Abraxas and Mithras
Gnostic amulet found in the ancient Agora of Athens, depicting Abraxas on one side and a Mithraic inscription on the other.
TNMM547
AΔWNAIE ABPACAE AEHIOYW IAW CABAWΘ.
Monumentum

Base with inscription of Priscus Eucheta to Navarze
This inscription, which doesn’t mention Mithras, was found near the church of Santa Balbina on the Aventine in Rome.
TNMM653 – CIMRM 501
Invicto d(eo) Navarze / Terentius Priscus / P(ublii) f(ilius) / Eucheta curante / et sacratis / d(onum) d(edit) c(ompos) b(oti).
Mithraeum

Mithräum von Saalburg
In the 1900s a model Mithraeum was built in Saalburg in the mistaken belief that there was an original temple of Mithras in an ancient Roman building.
TNMM95
Monumentum

Tauroctony relief from Şehitkamil (Gaziantep)
New evidence for the cult of Mithras and the religious practices of Legio IV Scythica at the Roman frontier city of Zeugma on the Euphrates.
TNMM1388
Monumentum

Roman Marble Relief Panel with Birth of Mithras
Mithras emerging from the rock with torch and dagger beside a reclining Oceanus or Saturn.
TNMM248
Monumentum

CIMRM 595
Bronze statuette of Mithras in his characteristic bull-slaying pose, though only the god has been preserved.
TNMM1111 – CIMRM 595
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Crimea
The site of Ay-Todor in Crimea revealed a Roman camp, a temple with votive offerings, and a Mithraeum.
TNMM349 – CIMRM 10
Monumentum

Tauroctony relief from Fleischmann Collection
This relief of Mithras killing the bull includes an unusual owl at the feet of Cautopates and a cock next to Cautes.
TNMM589
Monumentum

Aion of Villa Albani
White marble statue of Lion-head god of time, formerly in the Villa Albani, nowadays in the Musei Vaticani.
TNMM123 – CIMRM 545
Monumentum

Tauroctony framed by acanthus leaves
This relief of Mithras slaying the bull, framed by acanthus leaves, was sold at auction in 2011 by Bonhams.
TNMM1387