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Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Hawarti
The Mithraeum of Hauarte or Hawarte, which preserves colourful frescoes, it's the latest know and used.
TNMM221, 1587
Monumentum

Mithras triumphant over the Sun
Fresco du Mithraeum de Hawarte, Syria, depicts Mithras' victory over the Sun.
TNMM222, 1015
Monumentum

Frescoes of 'Magis' from Dura Europos
Some scholars have speculated that the scrolls both figures hold in their hands represent Eastern doctrines brought to the Western world.
TNMM372 – CIMRM 44, 1536
Monumentum

Fresco of a knight and a black figure from the Hawarte Mithraeum.
This painting depicts an Iranian knight holding in a chain a black naked figure with two heads.
TNMM223, 629
Mithraeum

Mitreo de Hawarti
TNMM67, 360
Monumentum

Inscription on the restoration of the Mithraeum of Dura Europos
Antonius Valentinus, centurio, made this plaque for the salut des empereurs Septimus Severus and Marcus Aurelius.
TNMM454 – CIMRM 53, 854
Pro sal(ute) et incol(umitate) d(ominorum) / n(ostrorum) imp(eratorum) L. Sep(timi) Severi pii / Pert(inacis) et M. Aurel(i) Aritonini [ [ et L. Sept(imi) Geta[e] ] ] / Aug(ustorum) tem/plum dei Solis…
Monumentum

Mithras rock-birth fresco of Hawarte
In one of Hawarte's frescoes, the rock birth of Mithras is preceded by Zeus and followed by the young Persian god suspended from a cypress tree.
TNMM343, 813
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Sî`
In the tauroctony of Jabal al-Druze in Syria, the snake appears to be licking the head of the bull's penis.
TNMM389 – CIMRM 88, 490
Monumentum

Second tautoctony of Sî`
The second tauroctony of Jabal al-Druze seems to have be made by the same sculptor.
TNMM390 – CIMRM 89, 414
D(eo) S(oli) I(nvicto)