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The New Mithraeum Database of Germany

Mithraic monuments, temples and other objects related to Mithras from Germany.
 
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    Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Becker’s collection

    The provenance of this fragment of a white marble relief depicting Mithras as a bullkiller is unknown.

    TNMM704 – CIMRM 13

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    Monumentum

    Mithras-inscription of Speyer

    This monument with an inscription to the god Sol Mithras was found in front of the cathedral of Speyer during some sewer works.

    TNMM692 – CIMRM 1312

    [In] ho(norem) d(omus) d(ivinae) / [deo] Soli / [Mi]trh/[ae].
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    Monumentum

    Petrogeny of Bingen

    This sculpture of Mithras born from a rock was found in 1922 together with two altars in what was probably a mithraeum.

    TNMM691 – CIMRM 1240

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    Monumentum

    Altar of Murius Victor from Frankfurt

    Marius Victor, according to the inscription on the monument, erected this monument to Mithras ’when Philip and Titianus were consuls’.

    TNMM681 – CIMRM 1102

    I(n) h(onorem) d(omus) d(iviuae) / d(eo) i(nvicto) Mithrae / Murius Victor / aedilis c(oloniae) T(aunensium) ex v[oto]. [Pos(uit) ded(it)] q(ue) / [d. n. Phi]l[ippo et] Ti/[tiano] co(n)s(ulibus).
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    Monumentum

    Mithraic vignettes of Besigheim

    These two fragments of a sandstone relief were walled into a house on the market square in Besigheim.

    TNMM679 – CIMRM 1301

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    Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Dormagen

    The sculpture of Mithras slaying the bull found in Dormagen is exposed at Bonn Landesmuseum.

    TNMM264 – CIMRM 1012, 1013

    D(eo) S(oli) i(nvicto) imp(erio) C. Amandinius / Verus buc(inator) v(otum) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito).
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    Monumentum

    Altar of Gaius Iulius Crescens of Friedberg for Respectus

    This fragmented altar of a certain Caius Iulius Crescens, found in the Mithraeum of Friedberg, bears an inscription to the Mother Goddesses.

    TNMM646 – CIMRM 1066

    Matron/is / C(aius) Iul(ius) Cresce/nis (sic) pro / Respecto / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito).
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    Mithraeum

    Mithräum von Friedberg

    There have probably been three mithraea discovered at Friedberg.

    TNMM87

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    Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Osterburken

    Franz Cumont considers the bas relief of Osterburken 'the most remarkable of all the monuments of the cult of Mithras found up to now'.

    TNMM176 – CIMRM 1292, 1293

    D[eo] S[oli] I[nvicto] M[ithrae] M[er?]catorius Castrensis in suo cons[ituit].
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    Monumentum

    Tauroctony relief from Ladenburg

    The Tauroctony from Landerburg, Germany, shows a naked Mithras only accompanied by his fellow Cautes.

    TNMM290 – CIMRM 1275