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Album of Portus
This marble tablet found at Portus Ostiae mentions a pater, a lion donor and a series of male names, probably from a Mithraic community.
TNMM648 – CIMRM 325
. . reus pater / . . . [G]lycon / . . . Rufus / . . . [D]afinus . . . Sinplicius / . . . Petrus / . . . Crescentinus / . . . Crescentio / . . . Bictorus / . . . Dafinus / . . . Feston / . . . . [S]erp…
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Portus
Portus was a large artificial harbour of Ancient Rome.
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Tauroctony of the Mitreo dell'Esquilino
This simple relief of Mithras killing the bull without his companions Cautes and Cautopates was found in the so-called Mithraeum of the Esquilino, Rome.
TNMM645 – CIMRM 357
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Inscription on a leonteum of Umbria
This plaque from Carsulae, in Umbria, refers to the creation of a leonteum erected by the lions at their own expense.
TNMM483
Leonteum cum signo et cetero cultu exornatum / ex permissu sanctissimi ordinis ex pec(unia) sua / a solo fecerunt leones, consummati ab Egnatio Re/parato sacerdote legit(imo) et collatore, T(itus) Lep…
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Inscription of Aurelius Mithres
This monument, found in the Domus Flavia in Rome, bears an inscription by a certain Aurelius Mithres.
TNMM630
[Aurel]ius / Mithres / Aug(usti) l(ibertus) strator / Serapi d(onum) d(edit).
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Mosaic of Silvanus from Ostia
This unusual mosaic representation of the god Silvanus was found in the Mithreaum of the so-called Imperial Palace in Ostia.
TNMM491 – CIMRM 252
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Relief of Silvanus
This 3rd century marble relief of Silvanus is the only sculpture found in Mitreo Aldobrandini.
TNMM627 – CIMRM 236
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Mitreo del Palazzo Imperiale
A mosaic of Silvanus, dated to the time of Commodus, was found in a niche in a nearby room of the Mithraeum in the Imperial Palace at Ostia.
TNMM97 – CIMRM 250, 251
Soli invict(o) Mit(hrae) d(onum) d(edit) L. Agrius Calendio.
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Altar by Aelius Secundinus of Novaria
The v in this small altar found in Novaria has been interpreted by some commentators as qualifying Mithras as victorious.
TNMM622 – CIMRM 704
[S]acrum Soli / Mit[hr]ae numini / v... inviet(o) deo / [v]isu iussus / Aelius Secundinus.
Locus

Novaria
Novara aːra] is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan.
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Inscription of Valerianus Petalus
In this inscription, found in Angera in Lombardy, Mithras is referred to by the unicum 'adiutor'.
TNMM621 – CIMRM 717
D(eo) S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / adiutor(i) / Valerian(us) / Petalus v(otum) [s(olvit)].
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Altars of two Clarissimi in the Phrygianum of the Vatican
Both of them were discovered in 1609 in the foundations of the façade of the church of San Pietro, Rome.
TNMM620 – CIMRM 513, 514
M(atri) d(eum) m(agnae) I(deae) / et Attidi meno/tyranno conser/vatoribus suis Cae/lius Hilarianus v(ir) c(larissimus) / duodecimbyr (sic!) / urbis Romae / p(ater) s(acrorum) et hieroceryx / i(nvicti)…
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Colonne with inscription by workers of the pig market
The inscription included the names of the brotherhood, which are now lost.
TNMM619
S[oli] i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / et sodalicio eius / actores de foro suario / quorum nomina / [[sequuntur]]…
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Aion from Villa Barberini
This lion-headed marble was found on the ruins of the Alban Villa of Domitianus.
TNMM276 – CIMRM 326
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Tauroctony of the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere
The relief of Mithras slaying the bull from the Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres was discovered in 1802 by Petirini by order of Pope Pius VII.
TNMM144 – CIMRM 245, 246
A. Decimius A(uli) f(ilius) Pal(atina) Decimianus s(ua) p(ecunia) restituit. // A. Decimius A(uli) f(ilius) Pal(atina) Decimianus aedem / cum suo pronao ipsumque deum solem Mithra / et marmoribus e…
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Inscription of Tellius Agatho in Mitreo delle Sette Sfere
This inscription found in the Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres mentions the Pater Marco Aemiliio Epaphrodito known from other monuments in Ostia.
TNMM487 – CIMRM 248, 249
L(ucius) Tullius Agatho / deo Inuicto Soli / Mithrae aram d(ono) d(edit) / eanque (sic) dedicauit ob / honore(m) dei, M(arco) Aemilio / Epaphrodito, patre.
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Mosaic of Sette Sfere
The floor mosaic of the Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres, which gives its name to the temple, depicts a dagger.
TNMM607 – CIMRM 240
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Graffito from the Mitreo del Cassegiato di Diana
This graffito seems to be an account of offerings made by Mithras worshippers in the Cassegiato di Diana
TNMM612 – CIMRM 112
[-] Alcumus (!) [-] ǀ Ulas [---] ((denarios)) V ǀ Babenus SMAXS ǀ Becton binu(m) ((denarios)) II ǀ Proclus (!) binu(m) ((denarios)) II ǀ Ermes (!) binu(m) ((denarios)) III ǀ Fortuniu(s) ada[nda]…
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Mosaic of Cautes and Cautopates in the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere
At the entrance to the Mithraeum of the Seven Sferes, Cautopates holds the torch with both hands and Cautes holds the torch in his right hand and a cock in his left.
TNMM608 – CIMRM 243
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Bench mosaics of the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere
Diana-Luna, Mercurius, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus and Mars are depicted in the mosaics on the benches of this mithraeuma.
TNMM609 – CIMRM 241