Mithraic monuments of Borcovicium
Mithras rock-born from Housesteads
A naked Mithra emerges from the cosmic egg surrounded by the zodiac, as always carrying a torch and a dagger.
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Mithraeum of Housesteads
The Housesteads Mithraeum is an underground temple, now burried, discovered in 1822 in a slope of the Chapel Hill, outside of the Roman Fort at the Hadrian's Wall.
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Limestone tauroctony relief from the Housesteads Mithraeum
A large limestone tauroctony relief in several fragments from the Mithraeum at Borcovicium (modern Housesteads), the vaulted main fragment showing Mithras slaying the bull with Cautes raising his torch beside the bull's foreleg, a crescent of Luna in the upper corner, and smaller fragments preserving a dog, a bull's head, Mithras' arm with dagger and a piece of his cloak with a fibula.
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Limestone statue of Aion from the Housesteads Mithraeum
A limestone statue from the Mithraeum at Borcovicium (modern Housesteads), representing a standing male figure in short tunic with bare legs and feet, arms held tight along the body with clenched fists once holding attributes now lost, with part of a snake on his right arm, probably depicting Aion.
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Limestone statue of Cautopates from the Housesteads Mithraeum
A limestone statue from the Mithraeum at Borcovicium (modern Housesteads), depicting Cautopates in Eastern attire standing cross-legged on a base and pointing his torch downwards, with head lost.
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Limestone statue of Cautes from the Housesteads Mithraeum
A limestone statue from the Mithraeum at Borcovicium (modern Housesteads), depicting Cautes in Eastern attire and cross-legged, raising his torch.
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Altar with Sol bust from the Housesteads Mithraeum
An altar found in the north-east corner of the main room of the Mithraeum at Borcovicium (modern Housesteads) in 1822, bearing on its capital the bust of Sol in a crown of seven rays and the inscription No. 859.
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Inscription of Herion dedicated to Sol from the Housesteads Mithraeum
The inscription on the altar No. 858 from the Mithraeum at Borcovicium (modern Housesteads), recording a vow willingly and with merit fulfilled by Herion to Sol.
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Group of altars from the Housesteads Mithraeum
A group of four altars from the Mithraeum at Borcovicium (modern Housesteads): two found in 1822 bearing inscriptions Nos. 863 and 864, and two more found in 1898, one dedicated to Mars and Victoria (No. 865) and one to Cocidius (No. 866), the last possibly belonging to an adjacent shrine.
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Ceramic finds indicating fire destruction at the Housesteads Mithraeum
Ceramic finds from both excavations of the Mithraeum at Borcovicium (modern Housesteads), comprising red and thin black-glazed pottery fragments together with a silver coin of Faustina Minor, indicating the sanctuary was in use before 253 A.D. and was most likely destroyed by fire.
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Inscription of Publius Proculinus, centurion, 252 A.D., from the Housesteads Mithraeum
An altar found in 1822 at the Mithraeum at Borcovicium (modern Housesteads), recording a vow fulfilled to Sol Invictus Mithras Saecularis by Publius Proculinus, centurion, for himself and his son Proculus, during the consulship of Gallus and Volusianus in 252 A.D.
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