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The New Mithraeum Database

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Monumentum

Silver votive leaf dedicated to Deo Invicto from Deneuvre

A silver votive leaf from Deneuvre in Belgica, bearing a dedication to the unconquered god by a devotee named Germanus, with an archaic spelling of invicto.

Monumentum

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.

Monumentum

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.

Monumentum

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.

Monumentum

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.

Monumentum

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.

Monumentum

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.

Monumentum

Dedication to Deo Invicto Mithras Sol from Entrains-sur-Nohain

An inscription on the base CIMRM 940 from Interanum (modern Entrains-sur-Nohain) in Lugdunensis, recording a dedication to Augustus and to the unconquered god Mithras Sol, made by a dedicant named Castor.

Monumentum

Non-Mithraic funerary inscription reconsidered at Vesontio

A funerary inscription from Besançon (ancient Vesontio) in Belgica, bearing the title mater sacrorum, but correctly excluded from the Mithraic corpus, as women were barred from Mithras sanctuaries.

Monumentum

Marble relief of a standing figure with sheep-hook from Chester, Grosvenor Museum

A marble relief found in 1851 built into the adjoining hall of White Friars at Chester (ancient Deva), now in the Grosvenor Museum, depicting a standing dressed figure with a sheep-hook in his left hand and possibly a downward-pointing torch in his right…

Monumentum

Statue of a standing torchbearer from Chester (now lost)

A small stone statue found at Chester (ancient Deva) in 1853 built into a cellar wall in White Friars, still seen by Stukeley in 1725 but now lost, depicting a standing torchbearer in Eastern attire and cross-legged, holding a torch downwards with both hands…

Monumentum

Two terracotta lamps with Mithraic imagery from the Passeri collection, Pesaro

Two terracotta lamps formerly in the Coll. Passeri and now probably in the Museo Olivieri at Pesaro: the first showing Mithras as a bullkiller, the second in the shape of a bull's head inscribed Μέθρα ἱερός on the horns, both regarded as probably forged…

Monumentum

Inscription of Q. Muielius Iustus dedicated to Sol from Trento

A brief inscription from Trento (ancient Tridentum) recording a dedication to Sol by Q. Muielius Iustus together with his family.

Monumentum

Base of Q. Muielius Iustus dedicated to the Genetrix from Trento

A square base found with its companion piece at Trento, dedicated to the Genetrix of the god in thanks for a birth by Q. Muielius Iustus and his family.

Monumentum

Inscription of L. Claudius Iustio with his sons from Trento

An inscription from Trento (ancient Tridentum) recording a gift dedicated to the Invincible Mithras by L. Claudius Iustio together with his sons Iustus and Iustinus.

Monumentum

Inscription "Deo Soli" dedicated by the res publica from Brescia

An inscription found in the old monastery of San Giulia in Brescia (ancient Brixia), in the arch supporting the crypt of Santa Maria in Solario, recording a dedication to Deus Sol by the res publica.

Monumentum

Inscription of L. Cassius Ianuarius from Verona

An inscription from Verona recording that L. Cassius Ianuarius, freedman of Lucius, dedicated a gift to Sol in glad fulfilment of a vow.

Monumentum

Inscription "Soli deo" from an old stone architrave in Turin

A brief inscription reading "Soli deo", found on an old stone architrave in Turin (ancient Augusta Taurinorum) in Liguria.

Monumentum

Cautes torchbearer relief fragment from Ganaceto near Modena

A white marble relief fragment found in a house at Ganaceto near Modena in 1845, now in the Museo Lapidario in Modena, showing Cautes in Eastern attire and anaxyrides cross-legged, with a fragment of Mithras' flying cloak according to Cumont.

Locus

Statio (Florstadt)

Roman military settlement in Germania superior, generally identified with present-day Ober-Florstadt and known for its well-preserved Mithraic sanctuary.

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