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The New Mithraeum Database

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Tauroctony relief with polychromy traces from Entrains-sur-Nohain

A fragment of a limestone relief from Interanum (modern Entrains-sur-Nohain) in Lugdunensis, with the bull best preserved showing a belt round its body, together with traces of polychromy and remnants of the dog and serpent.

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Fragment of flying cloak and bull's tail from Entrains-sur-Nohain

A fragment of a stone relief from Interanum (modern Entrains-sur-Nohain) in Lugdunensis, showing the arched end of Mithras's flying cloak and an ear emerging from the bull's tail, possibly belonging to CIMRM 946.

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Mithras head in Phrygian cap fragment from Entrains-sur-Nohain

A fragment of a stone relief from Interanum (modern Entrains-sur-Nohain) in Lugdunensis, preserving only the head of Mithras in his Phrygian cap and vague remnants of the flying cloak.

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Tauroctony fragment with scorpion from Entrains-sur-Nohain

A fragment of a white stone relief from Interanum (modern Entrains-sur-Nohain) in Lugdunensis, preserving only Mithras's right foot pressing on the bull's hindleg, a visible scorpion, and the shod foot of a torchbearer.

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Tauroctony relief fragment from Entrains-sur-Nohain

A fragment of a pebble relief showing Mithras as bullkiller, with the collar-wearing dog holding its head near the wound, found in the bed of a stream at Interanum (modern Entrains-sur-Nohain) in Lugdunensis.

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Dedication to Deo Invicto Mithras Sol from Entrains-sur-Nohain

An inscription on the base CIMRM 940 from Interanum (modern Entrains-sur-Nohain) in Lugdunensis, recording a dedication to Augustus and to the unconquered god Mithras Sol, made by a dedicant named Castor.

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Stone base with statue feet from Entrains-sur-Nohain

A small stone base with a rectangular decorated box on its right side, found in the bed of the river Nohain during railway construction at Interanum (modern Entrains-sur-Nohain) in Lugdunensis, bearing on its top the feet of a statue and the inscription of CIMRM 941…

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Hypothetical Mithraeum near the sources of the Seine

A suggestion by H. Corot that a Mithraeum may have existed near the sources of the Seine (ancient Sequana) in Lugdunensis, a hypothesis awaiting archaeological confirmation.

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Non-Mithraic funerary inscription reconsidered at Vesontio

A funerary inscription from Besançon (ancient Vesontio) in Belgica, bearing the title mater sacrorum, but correctly excluded from the Mithraic corpus, as women were barred from Mithras sanctuaries.

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Altar dedicated to Deo Invicto Nabarze from Lucey

An altar from Lucey in Narbonensis, dedicated to the unconquered god under the epithet Nabarze, possibly a variant of Mithras, set up by a dedicant named Severianus.

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Aion figurine from Auvergne

A small figure of Aion, said to have been found in the Auvergne region of Lugdunensis, resembling a similar piece in the Museum of Constantine, though no further details are known.

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Dedication to Sol Invictus Mithras from the colony of Elusatium

A dedication to the unconquered and propitious Sol Invictus Mithras, made by a priest named M. Pompeius on behalf of the divine house, the most sacred council, and the devout inhabitants of the colony of Elusatium (modern Eauze) in Aquitania.

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Dedication to Sol Invictus from Glanum

A dedicatory inscription to Sol Invictus, made by an individual named Eudaemon, found at Glanum (modern Saint-Rémy-de-Provence) in Narbonensis.

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Coin hoard from Saarburg Mithraeum

A collection of 284 coins, spanning from 254 to 395 AD and mostly of the fourth century, found in the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica, indicating that the sanctuary was founded under the Severan dynasty and destroyed in the fourth century…

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Bound skeleton found on main relief fragment at Saarburg Mithraeum

A skeleton of a man aged approximately thirty to forty years, with arms tied behind his back and wrists bound with an iron chain, found lying on a fragment of the main relief at the back of the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica…

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Terracotta lamp with SOLI inscription from Saarburg Mithraeum

A small terracotta lamp from the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica, bearing a beardless head on its upper surface and the inscription SOLI on its underside, found among numerous lamp fragments.

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Animal bones from ritual deposits at Saarburg Mithraeum

Numerous animal bones including birds, beasts of prey, and the muzzle of a wild boar, found as ritual deposits in the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica.

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Stone vases and ritual vessels from Saarburg Mithraeum

A collection of ritual vessels from the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica, including a stone vase, a plate with a lion's head in relief, a terra-sigillata plate with a hunting scene, and an urn filled with ash, bird bones, and rings…

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Fragmentary inscription from Saarburg Mithraeum

A fragmentary inscription from the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica, recording a dedicant's gift made a second time.

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Fragmentary altar bases from Saarburg Mithraeum

Several fragmentary stone bases and altars without identifying marks, one of which has a semicircular hole in one of its sides, found in the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica.

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