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The New Mithraeum Database in Turkey

Find news, articles, monuments, persons, books and videos related to the Cult of Mithras found or located in Turkey.

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  • Monumentum

    Column of Callimorphus

    Callimorphus dedicated this image of the sun god to the invincible sun ’Mythra’.

    TNMM35 – CIMRM 17

    Solem / Soli invicto / Mythrae / pro salute et incolu/mitate / Chresimi Aug(ustorum) / n(ostrorum) dispensatoris / Callimorphus arkar/ius eiusdem / votum solvit / libens animo.
  • Monumentum

    Tablet of Antiochus I from Samsat

    "The remaining figure on this monument, Herakles, was previously misidentified as Apollo on this remarkable black basalt tablet from Samsat, known in Roman times as Samosata.

    TNMM801 – CIMRM 33

    Ἐγὼ πατρώϊαν βασιλείαν παραλαβὼν παρὰ Διὸς τε Ῥωμαίου καὶ Ἀπόλλωνος Μίθρου Ἡλίου Ἑρ- μοῦ καὶ Ἀρτέμιδ…
  • Locus

    Samosata

    Samsat, formerly Samosata is a small town in the Adıyaman Province of Turkey, situated on the upper Euphrates river.
  • Monumentum

    Head of Antiochus I of Commagene

    This monumental head of Antionchus I of Commagene is in Nemrut Dağı together with other representations of the Greco-Iranian king.

    TNMM110 – CIMRM 29

  • Monumentum

    Mithraic inscription from Anazarba

    This dedicatory inscription by Aurelius Seleucus, found in Cilicia, aligns with Plutarch’s account of Cilician pirates performing foreign sacrifices and secret rites of Mithras.

    TNMM800 – CIMRM 27

    [[- - - - - ]] [[ὑπάτου τὸ]] β’, π(ατρὸς) π(ατρίδος) · [Μ. Αὐρή-] λιος Σέλευκος ἱε[ρεύς καὶ] πατὴρ διὰ βίου Διὸς [‘Η…
  • Locus

    Anazarbus

    Anazarbus was an ancient Cilician city. Under the late Roman Empire, it was the capital of Cilicia Secunda.
  • Monumentum

    Mithraic relief of Baris

    The Mithraic relief from Baris, in present-day Turkey, shows what appears to be a proto-version of the Tauroctony, with a winged Mithras surrounded by two Victories.

    TNMM284 – CIMRM 25

  • Locus

    Baris

    Baris was a town of ancient Pisidia inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times.
  • Socius

    Emre Uysal

  • Monumentum

    Mithra’s statue in Boztepe Hill

    This eulogy of Saint Eugene of Trapezos tells how, in the time of Diocletian, he and two other Christian fellows destroyed a statue of Mithras.

    TNMM611 – CIMRM 14

  • Monumentum

    Medallions with Mithras from Trapezus

    These bronze medallions associates the image of several Roman emperors with that of Mithras, usually as a rider, in the province Pontus.

    TNMM553

  • Monumentum

    Votive plaque from Ballıhisar

    This votive silver plaque depicting Mithras was found at the site of Pessinus, Ballıhisar, in Turkey.

    TNMM770

  • Locus

    Pessinus

    Pessinus was an Ancient city and archbishopric in Asia Minor, a geographical area roughly covering modern Anatolia.
  • Socius

    Sercan Sarıkaya

    Biologist. WS: Health,Food
  • Monumentum

    Head of Mithras at Nemrud Dag

    The colossal head has been identified as a solar god, Apollo-Mihr-Mithras-Helios-Hermes.

    TNMM275 – CIMRM 29

  • Mithraeum

    Mount Nemrut Dağı

    Mount Nemrut or Nemrud is one of the highest peaks in the eastern Taurus Mountains, southeastern Turkey. On its summit large statues stand around what is supposed to be a royal tomb from the 1st century BC.

    TNMM79 – CIMRM 28

  • Locus

    Ἀφροδισιάς

    Aphrodisias was a small ancient Greek Hellenistic city in the historic Caria cultural region of western Anatolia, Turkey.
  • Socius

    kamer incedursun

    academic researcher and documentarist
  • Locus

    Trapezos

    Trabzon, historically known as Trebizond, is a city on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province.
 
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