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The New Mithraeum Database

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Monumentum

Coins and bronze bell from Thun-Allmendingen

Deposit of 1,200 coins spanning Augustus to Constantine and a small bronze bell from Thun-Allmendingen, representing the longest chronological range of any coin assemblage from a Mithraic context in Germania.

Monumentum

Deity inscriptions on hatchets from Thun-Allmendingen

The six divine names inscribed on the bronze hatchets from Thun-Allmendingen — Iovi, Neptuni, Minervae, Mercurio, Matribus, Matroni — reflecting the polytheistic religious landscape of the Mithraic community at this site.

Monumentum

Six bronze hatchets from Thun-Allmendingen

Set of six triangular bronze votive hatchets from Thun-Allmendingen, each inscribed with the name of a deity: Iovi, Neptuni, Minervae, Mercurio, Matribus, and Matroni; forming a unique ensemble of polytheistic dedications within a Mithraic context.

Monumentum

Mercury hand fragment from Thun-Allmendingen

Limestone left hand holding a caduceus from Thun-Allmendingen, belonging to a statue of Mercury associated with the possible Mithraeum.

Monumentum

Swine relief from Thun-Allmendingen

Fragmentary limestone relief from Thun-Allmendingen of the same dimensions as the bull relief, depicting a swine; both may have formed part of the sanctuary's ritual décor.

Monumentum

Bull relief from Thun-Allmendingen

Large limestone relief from Thun-Allmendingen depicting a bull walking to the left; the head is lost. At approximately 2.91 × 2.43 m one of the largest single-animal reliefs from a Mithraic context.

Monumentum

Torchbearer heads from Thun-Allmendingen

Two small limestone heads in Phrygian caps from the Stockhorn Mountains near Thun-Allmendingen, each approximately fist-sized, probably belonging to statues of the torchbearers.

Monumentum

Possible Mithraeum at Thun-Allmendingen

Site excavated by C. F. L. Lohner in 1824–25 at the Renzenbühl near Thun-Allmendingen, Germania Superior, where the outline of five rooms was identified, one or more of which may have served as a Mithraic sanctuary.

Locus

Urbe (Orbe)

Orbe is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud.

Locus

Genava (Geneva)

Geneva is the second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland.

Locus

Octodurus (Martigny)

The Gaulish name of today Martigny was either Octodurus or Octodurum in the 1st century BC. It was conquered by the Romans in 57 BC and occupied by Servius Galba with the Legion XII.

Locus

Centum Prata (Kempraten)

Centum Prata is the name of a Roman vicus, whose remains are located on the eastern Zürichsee lakeshore in Kempraten, a locality of the municipality Rapperswil-Jona in the canton of St.

Monumentum

Aion gold figurine from Geneva

This small golden figurine seems to represent the Mithraic god Aion, as usual surrounded by a serpent.

Syndexios

Firmidius Severinus

Firmidius Severinus was a soldier who served in the Legio VIII Augusta for 26 years.

Socius

jean borgeaud

sculptor

Socius

Wanda Sartori

Monumentum

Mithréum d’Orbe-Boscéaz

The site of Orbe-Boscéaz, Switzerland, also known as Boscéay, is renowned for its mosaics and mithraic temple.

Monumentum

Mithräum von Kempraten

The Kempraten Mithraeum was unexpectedly discovered during the 2015 excavations near the vicus.

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Mithraeum de Martigny

The Mithraeum of Martigny is the first temple devoted to Mithras found in Switzerland.

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