Mithraic monuments of Memphis
Mithraeum of Mit Rahina
Roman Mithraeum at Kom Dafbaby, near ancient Memphis, poorly documented archaeologically but known through the remarkable group of Mithraic sculptures and reliefs recovered from the site.
Mithraion of Mit Rahina
Ptolemaic sanctuary of the Iranian god Mithra, probably located at ancient Memphis and known exclusively through third-century BCE Greek papyri.
Tauroctony III from Memphis
Primitive limestone tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum of Memphis, preserving a simplified representation of Mithras slaying the bull.
CIMRM 93
Tauroctony from Memphis
Marble tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum of Memphis, depicting Mithras slaying the bull within an architectural niche framed by Cautes and Cautopates.
CIMRM 91
Tauroctony II from Memphis
Limestone tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum of Memphis, depicting Mithras sacrificing a small bull inside a rocky cave.
CIMRM 92
Limestone statuette of a torchbearer from Memphis
Limestone statue of a figure in Eastern attire and Phrygian cap, probably a Cautes torchbearer, from the Mithraeum near Memphis, Egypt.
CIMRM 95
Limestone torchbearer fragment from Memphis
Fragment of a limestone statuette of a torchbearer in Eastern attire, head and lower legs lost, not cross-legged, from the Mithraeum near Memphis, Egypt.
CIMRM 96
Limestone torchbearer statuette from Memphis
Limestone statuette of a standing torchbearer, torch and right arm lost, from the Mithraeum near Memphis, Egypt.
CIMRM 97
Upper part of limestone torchbearer from Memphis
Upper part of a limestone torchbearer statue in tunic and hanging cloak, arms and lower legs lost, from the Mithraeum near Memphis, Egypt.
CIMRM 98
Damaged limestone statuette from Memphis
Badly damaged limestone statuette of a standing figure in Eastern attire, head, arms and feet lost, from the Mithraeum near Memphis, Egypt.
CIMRM 99
Limestone lion statue from Memphis
Limestone statue of a standing lion with mouth half-open, legs and tail lost, from the Mithraeum near Memphis, Egypt.
CIMRM 100
References
- Dorothy J. Thompson (1998) Memphis under the Ptolemies
- Gary Lease (1986) Mithra in Egypt
- J.R. Harris (1996) Mithras at Hermopolis and Memphis. Archeological research in Egypt: The Proceedings of The Seventeenth Classical Colloquium of The Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum
- Philippe Roy (2021) Les cultes de Mithra dans l’Empire romain
- Mitra. Un dios entre Oriente y Occidente
