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The New Mithraeum Database

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Monumentum

Altar of Ulpius Valerius from Virunum

Lost altar from the Zollfeld at Virunum, Noricum, dedicated to Deo invicto Mithrae by Ulpius Valerius, speculator of Legio I Noricorum, who fulfilled a vow undertaken by his father.

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Inscription of Helvius Acceptinus from Virunum

Inscription from Virunum, Noricum, dedicated to Deo invicto Mithrae for the welfare of Antonius Severinus by Helvius Acceptinus ex voto.

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Inscription of Diadumenus from Virunum

White marble slab from the Zollfeld at Virunum, Noricum, dedicated to Deo invicto Mithrae by Diadumenus, arcar(ius) of the imperial dispensator Nicolaus for the kingdom of Noricum.

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Tauroctony relief from Virunum

Three Italian marble fragments from the Zollfeld at Virunum, Noricum, forming a tauroctony relief; the iconography is well preserved and the use of imported Italian marble reflects the high status of the dedicants.

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Cult objects from Schachadorf

Small finds from the Mithraeum at Schachadorf, Noricum, comprising white stucco fragments, an iron dagger, a knife, and faunal remains of chicken, sheep, and pig.

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Coin deposit from Schachadorf

Deposit of twenty-three coins from the Mithraeum at Schachadorf, Noricum, spanning from Claudius II to Valentinianus II and providing a terminus for the sanctuary's use.

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Rock-birth statue from Schachadorf

Conglomerate statue from a layer of fire debris in the Mithraeum at Schachadorf, Noricum, depicting a naked Mithras without Phrygian cap being born from the rock with upraised hands; a coiling serpent is visible below.

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Mithraeum at Schachadorf

Small rectangular Mithraic sanctuary (spelaeum 8.00 m long) found in 1935–36 in a gravel terrace at Schachadorf near Wartberg an der Krems, Noricum; the building is divided into a pronaos and an inner cult room, and shows traces of fire destruction.

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Illmitz (Illmitz)

Illmitz is a market town in the district of Neusiedl am See in Burgenland in Austria.

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Esca (Bad Ischl im Salzkammergut)

The Bad Ischl area has been inhabited since the time of the prehistoric Hallstatt culture. Documentary evidence of the settlement dates back to 1262, when it was referred to as Iselen.

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Virunum (Zollfeld)

Claudium Virunum was a Roman city in the province of Noricum, on today's Zollfeld in the Austrian State of Carinthia.

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Carnuntum (Petronell-Carnuntum)

Carnuntum was a Roman legionary fortress and headquarters of the Pannonian fleet from 50 AD. After the 1st century, it was capital of the Pannonia Superior province. It also became a large city of 50,000 inhabitants.

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Bronze fibula with lion-headed Aion from Carnuntum

Bronze fibula from Petronell-Carnuntum, depicting a standing lion-headed Aion.

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Tauroctonia de Carnuntum (III ?)

Of this great relief of Mithras slaying the bull only a few segments remain.

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Lion of Carnuntum III

Exceptional sculpture of a lion devouring a bull’s head founded in 1894 in Carnuntum, Pannonia.

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Mithras birth from Petronell

Only parts of the knees of Mithras, emerging from the rock, have been preserved from this monument of Petronell-Carnuntum, Austria.

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Tauroctony from Carnuntum

Relief of Mithras killing the bull with an inscription from a certain Aurelius Macer who dedicates it to Sol Invictus Mithras.

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Sandstone petrogenesis from Carnuntum

Sandstone petrogenesis from Petronell-Carnuntum (Lower Austria), depicting Mithras emerging from the rock, preserved from the knees upwards.

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