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The New Mithraeum Database

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Fils du soleil et de la lune. La lune et le soleil dans l'imaginaire humain au fil des siècles

Certains mythes de l'Antiquité sont probablement basés sur des récits de « mort imminente » exactement les mêmes que les nôtres. Ainsi, s'expliqueraient le Paradis, l'Enfer, l'âme, le Dieu unique, nos divers «états d'âme»..…

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Mithra dans les provinces occidentales de l’Empire romain : rencontre avec Philippe Roy

Philippe Roy, docteur en Sciences de l’Antiquité, présente dans cette vidéo la réception du culte de Mithra dans les provinces occidentales de l’Empire romain.

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Inscription of Vaison-la-Romaine

This is one of the few known Mithraic inscriptions dedicated by a member who attained the grade of Perses.

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Red serpent vase from Mithraeum II, Stockstadt

Similar red painted vase from Mithraeum II at Stockstadt, preserving only the serpent's body and tail

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Serpent vase from Mithraeum II, Stockstadt

White painted clay vase from Mithraeum II at Stockstadt with seven holes in the border and a serpent creeping round one handle

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Ritual cups and coins from Mithraeum II, Stockstadt

Four small painted cups buried in a row under the niche floor at Mithraeum II, Stockstadt, one still containing a piece of sulphur; with coins of Augustus, Hadrian, and Antoninus Pius

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Mithraeum II at Stockstadt

Second Mithraic sanctuary discovered at Stockstadt between 1909 and 1913, situated on a slope near the river Main, with finds at Aschaffenburg

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Great tauroctony from Stockstadt

Large red sandstone tauroctony relief from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt, mostly thrown into the river Main when the sanctuary was destroyed

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Mithraeum I of Stockstadt

The Mithraeum I in Stockstadt contained images of Mithras but also of Mercury, Hercules, Diana and Epona, among others.

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Rock birth from St Aubin

Mithras Petrogenitus from Saint-Aubin en France.

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Golden magical ring from the Castellani Collection

Gold ring amulet formerly in the Schlumberger Collection, published as Mithraic by Cumont and later identified as a healing charm against colic and diseases of the uterus.

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Luna bust and Sol head fragments from Entrains-sur-Nohain

Two stone relief fragments from Interanum (modern Entrains-sur-Nohain) in Lugdunensis: one showing the dressed bust of Luna with a whip and crescent, and another showing the head of Sol with a crown of seven rays and a raven on the cave border.

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Contextual note on Mithraeum at Entrains-sur-Nohain

A scholarly note recording that the concentration of Mithraic finds at Interanum (modern Entrains-sur-Nohain) in Lugdunensis indicates the existence of one or more Mithraea there, with stone heads in the Delimoges collection possibly being Mithraic representations…

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Tauroctony relief with polychromy traces from Entrains-sur-Nohain

A fragment of a limestone relief from Interanum (modern Entrains-sur-Nohain) in Lugdunensis, with the bull best preserved showing a belt round its body, together with traces of polychromy and remnants of the dog and serpent.

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Fragment of flying cloak and bull's tail from Entrains-sur-Nohain

A fragment of a stone relief from Interanum (modern Entrains-sur-Nohain) in Lugdunensis, showing the arched end of Mithras's flying cloak and an ear emerging from the bull's tail, possibly belonging to CIMRM 946.

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Mithras head in Phrygian cap fragment from Entrains-sur-Nohain

A fragment of a stone relief from Interanum (modern Entrains-sur-Nohain) in Lugdunensis, preserving only the head of Mithras in his Phrygian cap and vague remnants of the flying cloak.

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Tauroctony fragment with scorpion from Entrains-sur-Nohain

A fragment of a white stone relief from Interanum (modern Entrains-sur-Nohain) in Lugdunensis, preserving only Mithras's right foot pressing on the bull's hindleg, a visible scorpion, and the shod foot of a torchbearer.

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Tauroctony relief fragment from Entrains-sur-Nohain

A fragment of a pebble relief showing Mithras as bullkiller, with the collar-wearing dog holding its head near the wound, found in the bed of a stream at Interanum (modern Entrains-sur-Nohain) in Lugdunensis.

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