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The New Mithraeum Database

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Monumentum

Inscription "Deo Mithrae" from a fullonica at Pula

A brief inscription reading D(eo) M(ithrae), found inside a fullonica at Pola (modern Pula) in a room that had once served as a vestibule.

Monumentum

Inscription "Soli Milace Atticus" from the Sol altar at Pula

The inscription on the votive altar No. 756 from Pola (modern Pula), reading Soli above the head of Sol and Milace / Atticus under the head, recording the dedication by a person named Atticus.

Monumentum

Ikarus relief in Zagreb

Monument in the Zagreb Archaeological Museum catalogued as an Aion but correctly identified as Icarus; not a Mithraic monument.

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Tauroctony fragment from Cavtat

Limestone tauroctony relief fragment from Cavtat, ancient Epidaurum in Dalmatia, preserving the dog leaping up against the bull and part of a Cautes figure not cross-legged.

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Rock-cut tauroctony from Cavtat

Tauroctony relief carved directly into the rock of the Mithraeum on the Colle S. Giorgio near Cavtat, ancient Epidaurum in Dalmatia; the composition includes Sol, Luna, Cautes, and Cautopates flanking the central scene.

Monumentum

Inscription to Deo Soli Iovi from Narona

Inscription from Narona, Dalmatia, dedicated to Deo Soli Iovi optimo maximo aeterno sacrum; the Mithraic attribution is doubtful.

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Altar of Lusius Trofimas from Narona

Altar found at Vid near Metković, ancient Narona in Dalmatia, dedicated to Invicto deo Soli by the freedman Marcus Lusius Trofimas.

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Inscription from Škrip on Brač

Altar found near Škrip on the island of Brač in 1899, bearing a dedication to Invicto deo; the Mithraic attribution and the expansion of i/d are uncertain.

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Altar of Iulius Bubulus from Brač

Inscription found at Škrip on the island of Brač, ancient Brattia in Dalmatia, in 1805, dedicated to Soli invicto Mithrae by Iulius Bubulus.

Monumentum

Inscription fragment from Aequum

Fragmentary inscription from Aequum, Dalmatia, preserving only the phrase invicti posuit.

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Tauroctony relief from Gardun

Small limestone tauroctony relief fragment from Gardun near Sinj, ancient Aequum in Dalmatia, found in a field at Oglavak.

Monumentum

Altar of Comitius from Danilo Gornje

Stone altar fragment from Danilo Gornje near Šibenik, Dalmatia, bearing a dedication to Deo invicto by Comitius.

Monumentum

Altar of Caius Secundulus from Burnum

Altar in poor-quality lettering from Burnum, Dalmatia, dedicated to Soli invicto by Caius Secundulus; the Mithraic interpretation is not entirely certain.

Monumentum

Dedication to Deo invicto Mithrae from Prozor

Upper part of an epistylium or building fragment from near the church of S. Marco at Prozor, Dalmatia, bearing the dedication to Deo invicto Mithrae.

Monumentum

Altar of Lucius Lucceius from Vitalj

Limestone altar found on the summit of Monte Vitalj near Prozor, Dalmatia, in 1900, dedicated to Soli invicto deo by Lucius Lucceius; the epithet rupe nato may be present in line one.

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Rock sanctuary near Prozor

Rocky pass about twenty minutes south of Prozor, Dalmatia, containing a rock niche with a carved Mithraic scene; probably a secondary cult place related to the Vitalj sanctuary.

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Rock-cut Mithraeum near Prozor

Natural rock enclosure at a quarter-hour's walk from Veliki Vitalj near Prozor, Dalmatia, used as a Mithraic sanctuary, with a tauroctony carved directly into the rock.

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Mithraic assemblage from Vitalj mountain

Altar and a relief of a figure tearing a lion to pieces, found along the Otočac–Gospić road near the mountains Veliki and Mali Vitalj, Dalmatia; the tauroctony interpretation of the lion-tearing relief was subsequently disputed.

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Tauroctony relief from Sinać

Yellow limestone tauroctony relief found in the bed of the brook Obdulje at Sinać near Otočac in the Lika, Dalmatia, depicting the standard bull-slaying scene.

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Inscription of Octavius Geminus from Rab

Altar found at Rab, ancient Arba in Dalmatia, in 1867, bearing a dedication to Invicto by Octavius Geminus; the Mithraic attribution is uncertain.

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