Monumentum
Marble inscription for a cult image of Mithras from Rome
Marble inscription recording the dedication of a cult image to the unconquered Mithras by a certain pater Valerius Marinus from Rome.
The New Mithraeum
18 Jan 2026
TNMM 1360 ↔ CIMRM 625
Tabula marmorea.
Val(erius) Marinus pater signu[m] / invicti Mitrhe (sic) ex voto pos/uit.
This inscription has recently been associated with the Mithras tauroctonos relief from the Loggia Scoperta. Both are preserved in the Musei Vaticani.
CIL VI 743
Val[erius] Marinus pater signu[m] / invicti Mitrhe [sic] ex voto pos/uit.
Valerius Marinus, pater, set up the image of the unconquered Mithras in fulfilment of a vow.
References
CIL VI 743; MMM II No. 42.
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae