The New Mithraeum Database in Bulgaria

This very fine relief of Mithras killing the bull was discovered in 2014 in Germán, near Sofia, Bulgaria, and is now housed in the Sofia History Museum.

TNMM795

The Mithraeum of Serdica was found in the fortified area of the ancient city of Serdica, now Sofia, Bulgaria.

TNMM56

Vermaseren noted in his Corpus that he had been informed of a fragmented relief of Mithras killing the bull in "the museum at Ghighen".

TNMM695 – CIMRM 2253

This relief of Mithras killing the bull in a vaulted grotto lacks the usual scorpion pinching the bull's testicles.

TNMM662 – CIMRM 2257

Storgosia was a Roman road station and later a fortress, located in the modern Kaylaka Park in the vicinity of modern Pleven (North-central Bulgaria). Pleven is today the seventh most populous city in Bulgaria.

Straton, son of Straton, consecrated an altar to Helios Mithras in Kreta, Moesia inferior.

TNMM640 – CIMRM 2260

In the altar that Titus Tettius Plotus dedicated to the invincible God, he called himself pater sacrorum.

TNMM634 – CIMRM 2252

Oescus, Palatiolon or Palatiolum was an important ancient city on the Danube river in Roman Moesia.

This Mithraic relief of the Danubian type was found in 1940 in the old town of Plovdiv.

TNMM632 – CIMRM 2338

Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria, standing on the banks of the Maritsa river in the historical region of Thrace, behind the state capital Sofia.

Nicopolis ad Istrum or Nicopolis ad Iatrum was a Roman and Early Byzantine town. Its ruins are located at the village of Nikyup, 20 km north of Veliko Tarnovo in northern Bulgaria. The site was placed on the Tentative List for consideration as a Wor

Serdika or Serdica is the historical Roman name of Sofia, now the capital of Bulgaria. Currently, Serdika is the name of a district located in the city.

An unusual feature of this very ancient relief is that Cautopates carries a cockerel upside down, while Cautes carries it right-side up.

TNMM510 – CIMRM 2268, 2269

The Tauroctony of Nicopolis ad Istrum is unique as it is the only Mithraic stele befitting a Greek donor.

TNMM341 – CIMRM 2264, 2265