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The New Mithraeum Database

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Altar of Lucius Aelius Leo from Carnuntum

Altar from Petronell, ancient Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, dedicated to Soli divino ex visu by Lucius Aelius Leo — possibly the same individual who dedicated a further altar identifying himself as a miles of Legio XIIII Gemina.

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Lost altar to Soli invicto deo from Carnuntum

Lost sandstone altar from Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, dedicated to Soli invicto deo.

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Altar of Baebius Martialis and Ulpius Breucianus from Carnuntum

Sandstone altar from Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, dedicated jointly to Invicto deo by Baebius Martialis and Ulpius Breucianus.

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Fragmentary Mithras dedication from Carnuntum

Inscription from Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, preserving only the abbreviated dedication to Invicto deo Mithrae sacrum.

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Altar with Mithraic symbols from Carnuntum

Sandstone altar from Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, found in a flue of Building VII in 1899, decorated on the left with a raven, corn-ear, and serpent stacked vertically and on the right with a lying lion; dedicated to Invicto deo Mithrae.

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Cautes fragment in Oriental dress from Carnuntum

White marble relief fragment from Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, preserving the upper part of a figure in Oriental dress with the beginning of an upraised right arm — probably Cautes.

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Tauroctony fragment with bull and Mithras from Carnuntum

White marble tauroctony relief fragment from Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, preserving the bull and the lower part of Mithras's tunic.

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Altar of Caius Rip- from Carnuntum

Small altar from Petronell, ancient Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, dedicated to Mithras (spelt Motre) by Caius Rip-, who made the altar as merited; the garbled spelling suggests a non-Latin speaker.

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Altar of Aurelius Vi- from Carnuntum

Altar from Petronell, ancient Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, dedicated to Deo invicto Mithrae by Aurelius, whose name is only partially preserved.

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Minor finds from Mithraeum III, Carnuntum

Minor finds from Mithraeum III at Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, including lamps, bricks, pottery, and serpent-vase fragments; a coin of Macrinus (AD 217) from the entrance may provide a terminus, and the sanctuary is attested as restored in AD 307.

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Altar of Munatius from Mithraeum III, Carnuntum

Small sandstone altar from Mithraeum III at Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, dedicated by Munatius, a centurion of an unspecified legion.

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Wall dedication plate of Caius Iulius Propinquus from Carnuntum

Sandstone plate from Mithraeum III at Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, dedicated to Deo invicto by Caius Iulius Propinquus, who built a wall ex voto; traces of red on the rim.

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Sandstone shell basin from Mithraeum III, Carnuntum

Sandstone shell from Mithraeum III at Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, probably mounted on a base and serving as a cult water basin.

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Cautopates statue from Mithraeum III, Carnuntum

Two sandstone fragments from Mithraeum III at Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, comprising a base with one leg and a downward torch, and a Phrygian-capped head of Cautopates; probably stood at the beginning of the benches alongside the Cautes statue.

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Cautes statue from Mithraeum III, Carnuntum

Two sandstone fragments from Mithraeum III at Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, belonging to a torchbearer statue probably of Cautes, comprising a Phrygian-capped head with painted eyes and a body fragment; the statues probably stood at the beginning of the benches…

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Altar of Magnius Heracla from Mithraeum III, Carnuntum

Inscription from Mithraeum III at Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, recording a dedication pro salute Augusti to Deo invicto by Magnius Heracla, a Roman citizen of peregrinian origin as indicated by his cognomen.

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Nine-figure altar from Mithraeum III, Carnuntum

Large stone altar from Mithraeum III at Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, decorated on all four sides with nine figures supporting the upper voluted section and bearing faces on the front of the volutes; a distinctive sculptural type within the Mithraic repertoire…

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Altar of Titus Flavius Viator from Mithraeum III, Carnuntum

Inscription from Mithraeum III at Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, recording that Titus Flavius Viator built or founded something for Deo invicto; the verb condi fecit is interpreted as referring to the construction of the sanctuary.

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Mantle-draped youth statue from Carnuntum

Marble statue from Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, depicting a standing youth with a large mantle draped over his left shoulder and arm; head, right arm, and most of the legs are lost.

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Minor finds from Mithraeum I, Carnuntum

Minor finds from Mithraeum I at Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, comprising legionary brick stamps, burnt coal and wood, ash with ox, sheep, and goat bones, and fragments of serpent-vases; the coin evidence points to a terminus ante quem in the early third century…

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