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The New Mithraeum Database

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Monumentum

Frescoes from the tomb of Aelius Magnus and Aelia Arisuth in Oea

The Mithraic nature of the frescoes of Oea, according to the scholars Cumont and Vermaseren, is now questioned.

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Aelia Arisuth

Occupant of a richly decorated tomb at Oea once interpreted as evidence for female Mithraic initiation.

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Gholaia (Bu Njem)

The frontier site of Gholaia formed part of the defensive and logistical system of the Limes Tripolitanus in the Libyan desert.

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Sabratha (Sabratha)

Sabratha, in the Zawiya District of Libya, was the westernmost of the ancient "three cities" of Roman Tripolis, alongside Oea and Leptis Magna.

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Marble cinerary casket fragment from Sabratha

Lower part of a white marble cinerary casket decorated with a relief of Mithras killing the bull, from the necropolis area near the amphitheatre of Sabratha.

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Altar to Sol Invictus from Bu-Gnem

Limestone keystone dedicated to the invincible Sun by Peticius Pastor and preserved at Lepcis Magna.

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Mithraic inscription from Lepcis Magna

Epigraphic monument from Tripolitania preserving a corrected reading discussed in later scholarship.

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Torchbearer statues from Lepcis Magna

Fragmentary remains of statues identified as representations of the Mithraic torchbearers.

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Mithraic monuments from Lepcis Magna

Group of monuments from Lepcis Magna published among the principal Mithraic remains of Roman Tripolitania.

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Limestone base from Leptis Magna

Second limestone base from the Forum Vetus at Leptis Magna bearing the inscription of Aristius Antiochus, with fragments of a torchbearer figure in Eastern attire.

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Statue fragment from Cyrene

Damaged statue of Mithras as bull-killer on a rectangular base, found in the piazza of the Fountain of Apollo at Cyrene.

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Marble head from Cyrene

Marble head with locks of hair and Phrygian cap, probably depicting Mithras as bull-killer, found under the threshold of the Iseum at Cyrene.

Locus

Leptis Magna (Khoms)

Leptis or Lepcis Magna, also known by other names in antiquity, was a prominent city of the Carthaginian Empire and Roman Libya at the mouth of the Wadi Lebda in the Mediterranean.

Locus

Oea (Tripoli)

Oea was an ancient city in modern-day Tripoli, Libya, founded by the Phoenicians in the 7th century BC. It became a Roman-Berber colony in the second half of the 2nd century BC.

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Cyrene (Shahhat)

Cyrene or Kyrene, was an ancient Greek and later Roman city near present-day Shahhat, Libya.

Monumentum

Marble head of Mithras from Leptis Magna

Small marble head probably of Mithras tauroctonus from Leptis Magna, now Khoms.

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Statue in Oriental dress from Leptis Magna

Statue of a standing person in eastern attire in red, local limestone with inscription.

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Mithraeum of Cyrene

The Mithraeum of Cyrene is preserved among the remarkable ruins of the ancient capital of the Roman province of Cyrene.

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