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The New Mithraeum Database

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Marble altar CIL VI 744 dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras by Vestalis and C. Vettius Augustalis, Rome

Marble altar from the gardens of the Villa Giustiniani near Porta Flaminia, dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras as a votive offering by Vestalis, servant of the Caesars, and C. Vettius Augustalis.

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Altar CIL VI 509 dedicated to Mater Deum and Invictus Mithras by Petronius Apollodorus, Rome

Altar with a Greek dedication to Magna Mater and Attis and a Latin inscription recording the dedication by Petronius Apollodorus, vir clarissimus and pater sacrorum of Invictus Mithras, following his taurobolium and criobolium with his wife, dated to 370 A.D…

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Large marble altar CIL VI 510 dedicated to Mater Deum and Sol Invictus Mithras by Aedesius, Rome

Large marble altar found near S. Giovanni in Laterano, dedicated by Sextilius Agesilaus Aedesius, pater patrum of Sol Invictus Mithras, to the Great Mother and Attis following his taurobolium and criobolium, dated to 376 A.D.

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Small marble altar CIL VI 31031 dedicated to Sol Invictus, found in the Tiber, Rome

Small marble altar found in the bed of the Tiber near the bank called "muro nuovo", with a fragmentary dedication to Sol Invictus indicating the restoration of an altar.

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Marble mortar and small finds from the S. Prisca Mithraeum, Rome

Miscellaneous small finds from the S. Prisca Mithraeum including a marble mortar, pieces of glass, plates, dishes and lamps dating from the first four centuries A.D.

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Under-layer wall-paintings with Mithraic grade procession and dipinti, S. Prisca Mithraeum, Rome

Under-layer wall-paintings in the S. Prisca Mithraeum on the Aventine showing a further procession of Mithraic initiates in different colours, with partially legible dipinti including liturgical verses and acclamations.

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Small marble base CIL VI 412 dedicated to Jupiter Dolicheno and Sol, Aventine, Rome

Small marble base apparently found in the same Aventine sanctuary during former excavations, with a dedication to Jupiter Optimus Maximus Dolicheno and Sol digno praestantissimo.

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Very small relief of Mithras slaying the bull, Aventine, Rome

Very small relief showing Mithras slaying the bull, with some figures preserved on the broken lower border, from the Aventine sanctuary in Rome.

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Pieces of roughly worked stone possibly representing Mithras' rock-birth, Caracalla Mithraeum, Rome

Pieces of roughly worked stone from the Caracalla Mithraeum which may represent Mithras' rock-birth.

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Marble relief fragments of Mithras tauroktonos from the Caracalla Mithraeum, Rome

Fragments of a marble relief of Mithras as bull-killer from the Caracalla Mithraeum, preserving the knee of the bull's right hind-leg, the bent knee of Mithras, and parts of the serpent, dog, cock and a bust in a tunic.

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Marble statue of naked Venus wringing her hair, Caracalla Mithraeum, Rome

Marble statue of Venus entirely naked in the act of leaving her bath, wringing her hair which streams over her shoulders, with a dolphin by her side, found in the small room of the Caracalla Mithraeum; the head is lost.

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Small marble slab inscribed ALLIM (cacus), Palazzo dei Musei Mithraeum, Rome

Small marble slab from the Palazzo dei Musei Mithraeum bearing the inscription ALLIM, identified as a reference to Cacus.

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Graffito on the back wall of room M, Palazzo dei Musei Mithraeum, Rome

Partially legible graffito scratched on the back wall of room M in the Palazzo dei Musei Mithraeum, Rome.

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Two fragments of greyish marble with imperial tribune inscription, Palazzo dei Musei Mithraeum, Rome

Two fragments of greyish marble from the Palazzo dei Musei Mithraeum with a partially legible inscription referring to the pontifex maximus and tribunicia potestas for the twentieth time, attributed to Trajan or Hadrian.

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Fragment of marble slab with dedication by L. Mo[...] Magnus, Palazzo dei Musei Mithraeum, Rome

Fragment of a marble slab from the Palazzo dei Musei Mithraeum preserving a partially legible dedication by L. Mo[...] Magnus, described as devotus.

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Small lamp with a ram, Palazzo dei Musei Mithraeum, Rome

Small lamp from the Palazzo dei Musei Mithraeum, Rome, bearing a representation of a ram.

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Fragments of small lamp with bust of Luna in a crescent, Palazzo dei Musei Mithraeum, Rome

Fragments of a small lamp from the Palazzo dei Musei Mithraeum, preserving the lower part of the bust of Luna set within a crescent.

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Fragment of large dolium with flute-playing youth between columns, Palazzo dei Musei Mithraeum, Rome

Fragment of a large dolium from the Palazzo dei Musei Mithraeum, decorated with two small columns supporting a facade and a youth standing between them playing the flute and holding a stick in his left hand.

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Small lamp with Victoria from the Palazzo dei Musei Mithraeum, Rome

Small lamp decorated with a flying Victoria holding a crown in her right hand and a palm-branch in her left, from the Mithraeum at the Palazzo dei Musei, Rome.

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Small finds from the Palazzo dei Musei Mithraeum, Rome

Miscellaneous small finds from the Mithraeum at the Palazzo dei Musei, Rome, including animal bones, tusks of boars, marble pieces, bronze objects, glass fragments, and a tile with a Domitianic inscription.

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