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The New Mithraeum Database

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Serapis head from Mérida

This head of Serapis from Cerro de San Albín may be unrelated to Mithras worship.

 
Monumentum

Base of statue from Mérida

This lost monument bears an inscription to Cautes by a certain Tiberius Claudius Artemidorus.

 
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Lápida mitráica de San Juan de la Isla

The monument of San Juan de la Isla (Asturias) devoted to Mithras was preserved in the portico of the main church until 1843.

 
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Baetulo

The area was populated by Iberians, but the origins of Baetulo date back to the 1st century BC, when the Romans founded the city on the Rosés hill. Baetulo was famous for its vineyards, which produced wine for export throughout the Empire.

 
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Ara of the Mithraeum of Lugo

Victorius Victorious, centurion of the Legio VII, erected the altar in honour of the Lugo garrison and of the Victorius Secundus and Victor, his freedmen.

 
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Villa romana de Fuente Álamo

One of the rooms of the villa has been interpreted as a mithraeum, but we do not have enough evidence to confirm this.

 
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Tauroctony from the Gran Mitreo de Mérida

These fragments of a monumental tauroctony found in the Cerro de San Albín must have decorated the Gran Mitreo de Mérida, which has not yet been found.

 
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Lion-headed figure of Mérida

The lion-headed figure, Aion, from Mérida, wears oriental knickers fastened at the waist by a cinch strap.

 
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Mitra de Cabra

The Mithras of Cabra is the only full preserved Tauroctony sculpture found in Spain yet.

 
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Altar with inscription from Baetulo

This altar was dedicated to Cautes by a certain Lucius in Baetulo (Badalona), near Barcino (Barcelona).

 
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Mercury of Mérida

The statue of Mercury in Merida bears a dedication from the Roman Pater of a community in the city in 155.

 
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Arula by Lucius Petreius of Cabrera de Mar

Small arula with mithraic inscription and dedication to Cautes from a garlic merchant.

 
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Altar of Mérida from Quintio

This altar, which has now disappeared, was dedicated by the slave Quintio for the health of a certain Coutius Lupus.

 
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Mitreo de Cabrera de Mar

The Roman villa of Can Molodell had a sanctuary that has been related to the cult of Mithras.

 
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Cilindric arula from Cabrera de Mar

Two slaves sign this small monument to Cautes.

 
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Isis de Mérida

The Isis of Merida is covered by a long dress that reaches down to her feet.

 
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Cautopates from Casa del Mitreo of Mérida

The sculpture of the solar god is signed by its author, Demetrios.

 
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Oceaunus of Mérida

The sculpture of Oceanus in Merida bears an inscription by the Pater Patrorum Gaius Accius Hedychrus.

 
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Venus of Mérida small sculpture

The lack of attributes and its decontextualisation prevent us from attributing a specific Mithraic attribution to this small Venus pudica from Mérida.

 
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Aion of Mérida

The Aion-Chronos of Mérida was found near the bullring of the current city, once capital of the Roman province Hispania Ulterior.

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