The New Mithraeum

Mithraic sanctuary found at Biljanovac north-east of Kumanovo, Moesia Superior, with a pronaos and inner sanctuary, yielding marble reliefs, an altar, and associated cult objects.

Limestone relief from Ragasch near Philippopolis, Thracia, cited in MMM without further details.

Small arched marble tauroctony relief from Philippovtsi near Sofia, Thracia, divided into two parts by a horizontal rim.

Subterranean sanctuary at ancient Atchana tentatively interpreted by Woolley as an early precursor to later Mithraic temples.

Latin dedication to the invincible Mithras reportedly discovered north of ancient Colophon in Lydia.

Amethyst intaglio engraved with Mithras slaying the bull, accompanied by Sol, Luna and other canonical Mithraic symbols.

Corner fragment preserving the feet and lowered torch of the Mithraic torchbearer Cautopates.

Small surviving fragment depicting Mithras as bull-slayer together with the torchbearer Cautes.

Scene from a bull-slaying relief preserving the dagger of Mithras, the dog and the raised torch of Cautes.

Only the left section survives, showing Sol above the torchbearer Cautopates beside the cave border.

Fragmentary tauroctony preserving Mithras, the torchbearers, Sol and Luna from the sanctuary at Aïtodor.

Second Mithraic sanctuary discovered in 1826 some 150 metres west of Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, with finds in the Wiesbaden museum.

Relief in red sandstone originally standing on a base in Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, featuring the bull-slaying scene.

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

Sandstone fragment from Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, probably the damaged head of a torchbearer, often misidentified as Mercury.

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

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

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’.

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

Here you go https://www.mithraeum.eu/monument/770