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The Mithraeum of Santa Prisca houses remarkable frescoes showing the initiates in procession.
The marble statue of Cautes, found in the Mithraeum of Santa Prisca, was originally a Mercury.
Procession of Leones carrying animals, bread, a krater, and other objects in preparation for a feast.
Partial relief of a Giant with snake-feet found in the Mithraeum of Santa Prisca.
The intarsium of Sol found in the Mithraeum of Santa Prisca is composed of several varieties of marble.
Continuation of the frescoes depicting an initiation into the Mithras cult, where two attendants present a repast to Mithras and Sol.
Mithraic object or evidence from Rome reported as no longer preserved.
Preliminary readings of the painted Mithraic texts later revised after additional research and restoration.
The fragmented tauroctony of the Mitreo di Santa Prisca rests on the naked figure of a bearded man, probably Ocean or Saturn.
Figures in procession, each representing a different grade of Mithraic initiation, labeled with their respective titles.
Even if only a few fragments remain, it is very likely that the main niche of the Mitreo di Santa Prisca contained the usual representation of Mithras killing the bull.