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

CIMRM 93

Primitive limestone tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum of Memphis, preserving a simplified representation of Mithras slaying the bull.

Tauroctony from Memphis

CIMRM 91

Marble tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum of Memphis, depicting Mithras slaying the bull within an architectural niche framed by Cautes and Cautopates.

Aion of Memphis

CIMRM 94

This statue of the god lion-head was found in Memphis, Egypt.

Tauroctony II from Memphis

CIMRM 92

Limestone tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum of Memphis, depicting Mithras sacrificing a small bull inside a rocky cave.

Limestone statuette of a torchbearer from Memphis

CIMRM 95

Limestone statue of a figure in Eastern attire and Phrygian cap, probably a Cautes torchbearer, from the Mithraeum near Memphis, Egypt.

Limestone torchbearer fragment from Memphis

CIMRM 96

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.

Limestone torchbearer statuette from Memphis

CIMRM 97

Limestone statuette of a standing torchbearer, torch and right arm lost, from the Mithraeum near Memphis, Egypt.