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Acta diurna is our Mithraic social stream for keeping up to date with what is happening in The New Mithraeum.

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May 2026
NewScriptum
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A major update has just been added to the TNM Interactive Map of Mithraic Monuments. The map can now display not only mithraea, but also Mithraic monuments from the TNM database with known provenance. You can: • display only mithraea, • only monuments, • both together, • or filter monuments by iconographic themes and labels. A new “Current location” mode (desktop version) also allows users to switch between the original provenance of a monument and the museum or institution where it is currently kept today. An exciting new way to explore the geography of Mithraic material across both the ancient and modern world. Explore it all: https://www.mithraeum.eu/map?tag=all
A major update has just been added to the TNM Interactive Map of Mithraic Monuments. The map can now display not only mithraea, but also Mithraic monuments from the TNM database with known provenance.

You can:
• display only mithraea,
• only monuments,
• both together,
• or filter monuments by iconographic themes and labels.

A new “Current location” mode (desktop version) also allows users to switch between the original provenance of a monument and the museum or institution where it is currently kept today.

An exciting new way to explore the geography of Mithraic material across both the ancient and modern world.

Explore it all: https://www.mithraeum.eu/map?tag=all
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May 2026
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Mithraeum I at Heddernheim

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First Mithraic sanctuary discovered at Heddernheim (ancient Nida) in 1826, with finds preserved in the Städtisches Museum at Wiesbaden.
First Mithraic sanctuary discovered at Heddernheim (ancient Nida) in 1826, with finds preserved in the Städtisches Museum at Wiesbaden.
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May 2026
NewMonumentum

Parthian dipinto from Dura-Europos

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Painted Parthian inscription on a ceramic sherd possibly referring to Mithras as a bull-slayer.
Painted Parthian inscription on a ceramic sherd possibly referring to Mithras as a bull-slayer.
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May 2026
NewMonumentum

Possible Mithraeum from Uruk

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Large apsidal hall with podium discovered at Uruk-Warka, once interpreted as a possible Mithraic sanctuary.
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May 2026
May 2026
NewMonumentum

Fragments of a column base from Hamadan

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The base of the column bears an inscription that records the rebuilding of a palace at Ectabana ’by the favour of Ahuramaza, Anahita and Mithra’.
The base of the column bears an inscription that records the rebuilding of a palace at Ectabana ’by the favour of Ahuramaza, Anahita and Mithra’.
Pattie L
British Museum: Gallery 52, display case 5
(G52/dc5)
Pattie L
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1899-1201-3

If this piece could be added, too, please. At the BM: (G69/dc12) Thanks!
Pattie L
Probably at home... but I’m at work. 😉 Will get back to you.
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May 2026
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Tauroctony from Reșca

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Tauroctony relief fragment with torchbearer and scene of Mithras’ rockbirth from Romula, Romania.
Tauroctony relief fragment with torchbearer and scene of Mithras’ rockbirth from Romula, Romania.
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May 2026
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Mitreo d’Ottaviano Zeno

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A probable Mithraic sanctuary near Santa Maria in Domnica on the Caelian Hill, known from a group of dispersed reliefs formerly owned by Ottaviano Zeno.
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May 2026
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Altar to Cautes by Septimius Valentinus

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Limestone altar dedicated to Cautes by the Roman optio Septimius Valentinus, discovered in the Mithraeum of Sárkeszi in Pannonia Inferior.
Limestone altar dedicated to Cautes by the Roman optio Septimius Valentinus, discovered in the Mithraeum of Sárkeszi in Pannonia Inferior.
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May 2026
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Altar for Fons Dei

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Fragmentary limestone altar dedicated by Septimius Valentinus, an optio, probably discovered in Mithraeum IV at Aquincum.
Fragmentary limestone altar dedicated by Septimius Valentinus, an optio, probably discovered in Mithraeum IV at Aquincum.
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May 2026
Syndexios

Anttiocus

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Member of the Mithraic community of Les Bolards and dedicator of a statue of Cautes.
Member of the Mithraic community of Les Bolards and dedicator of a statue of Cautes.
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May 2026
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Peter Mark Adams, Mithras and the Renaissance

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For the launch of our YouTube channel, we chat with the author, poet, essayist and friend Peter Mark Adams about the Sola-Busca tarot, a Renaissance masterpiece, uncovering ties to the Mithras cult.
For the launch of our YouTube channel, we chat with the author, poet, essayist and friend Peter Mark Adams about the Sola-Busca tarot, a Renaissance masterpiece, uncovering ties to the Mithras cult.
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May 2026
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Rock-cut tauroctony relief from Rožanec

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Carved directly into the rock of the Rožanec sanctuary, this tauroctony relief preserves an unusually complete composition.
Carved directly into the rock of the Rožanec sanctuary, this tauroctony relief preserves an unusually complete composition.
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May 2026
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Tauroctony relief from Naples

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This marble tauroctony relief, probably originating from Naples, depicts Mithras slaying the bull within a cave-like setting, accompanied by the usual animals and celestial busts.
This marble tauroctony relief, probably originating from Naples, depicts Mithras slaying the bull within a cave-like setting, accompanied by the usual animals and celestial busts.
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May 2026
Syndexios

Aurelius Iustinianus

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Late Roman dux associated with the restoration of the so-called Mithraeum IV of Poetovio.
Late Roman dux associated with the restoration of the so-called Mithraeum IV of Poetovio.
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CIMRM 1614
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May 2026
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Mithraeum IV of Ptuj

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A probable Mithraic sanctuary at Poetovio, identified by Vermaseren as the so-called Mithraeum IV on the basis of four associated inscriptions.
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May 2026
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Ision

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An imperial slave and customs administrator of the Illyrian tax system, he financed and built a Mithraic temple in Moesia Superior.
An imperial slave and customs administrator of the Illyrian tax system, he financed and built a Mithraic temple in Moesia Superior.
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May 2026
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Marcus Ulpius Maximus

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Supervisor of the imperial couriers who offered an elaborate votive altar and ritual insignia to Mithras in Rome under Commodus.
Supervisor of the imperial couriers who offered an elaborate votive altar and ritual insignia to Mithras in Rome under Commodus.
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May 2026
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Caelius Hilarianus

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One of the clearest examples of the late Roman aristocracy’s involvement in the mysteries of Mithras and other initiatory cults during the fourth century.
One of the clearest examples of the late Roman aristocracy’s involvement in the mysteries of Mithras and other initiatory cults during the fourth century.
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May 2026
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Statue Base of Alfenius Ceionius Iulianus Kamenius

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Honorific marble statue base dedicated to the senator and Mithraic pater Alfenius Ceionius Iulianus Kamenius by members of his provincial administration.
Honorific marble statue base dedicated to the senator and Mithraic pater Alfenius Ceionius Iulianus Kamenius by members of his provincial administration.
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