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The New Mithraeum Database

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Destroyed cult statue from Rudchester

Mithraic statue from Vindobala discovered in 1844 and subsequently broken up.

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Mithraic shrine debris from Rome

Group of Mithraic and other cult remains possibly originating from several neighbouring sanctuaries destroyed or abandoned in Late Antiquity.

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Mithraic remains from Regio XII

Mithraic material whose correct archaeological attribution belongs to Regio XII of ancient Rome.

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Mithraic remains from the Castra Praetoria

Archaeological remains connected with the Praetorian camp and the presence of Mithraic worship among the imperial guard.

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Marble cippus of Kamenius from Rome

Marble cippus from the Quirinal residence of Ceionius Iulianus Kamenius preserving references to his Mithraic and other priestly functions.

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Inscription mentioning a Mithraic collegium from Rome

Inscription now preserved in the Palazzo Ducale of Urbino whose wording may point to the existence of a Mithraic community.

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Mithraic relief from Ostia

Relief featuring an enigmatic agricultural implement interpreted either as a scythe or an early type of plough.

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Second tauroctony relief from Romula

White marble tauroctony relief fragment from Romula, Dacia, now in Turnu Severin; the composition is partially preserved.

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Dedication to Deo Bono Puero Phosphoro from Apulum

Inscription from Apulum, Dacia, dedicated to Deo bono puero Phosphoro — the Good Boy who Brings Light — a Mithraic epithet attested in several inscriptions from Apulum.

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Lost tauroctony relief from Apulum

Lost tauroctony relief from Apulum, Dacia, formerly at the Palace of the Prince at Alba Julia, recorded only in early modern sources.

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Unpublished Mithras relief from Apulum

Small Mithras relief from Apulum, Dacia, mentioned by Buday but not published; a design shows the bust of Sol with one ray pointing towards Mithras.

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Note on possibly non-Mithraic inscriptions from Apulum

Author's observation that several inscriptions from Apulum, Dacia (CIL III 1096, 1095, 1154, 1002) may belong to a sanctuary of Diana rather than to a Mithraeum.

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Marble base for Fons Aeternus from Apulum

Large marble base from near Kutyamál at Apulum, Dacia, dedicated ex iussu dei Apollinis and naming the Fons Aeternus — the eternal spring — by Ulpius Proculinus, speculator of Legio XIII Gemina.

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Base with Bacchic vine from Apulum

Limestone base from near the Kutyamál vineyard south of the fortress at Apulum, Dacia, decorated with Bacchic vine scrolls and grapes at the top.

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Torso with bull's head from Apulum

Limestone statue torso from the Mithraeum at Apulum, Dacia, found with the preceding piece, depicting a person in Oriental dress carrying a bull's head in his left hand; head, arms, and legs are lost.

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Possible Mithraic sanctuary north of the Idsteinerstrasse

Triple-part sanctuary at Saalburg whose Mithraic interpretation remains uncertain despite serpent-vases and possible Aion fragments.

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Mithras rock-born of Dobrosloveni

This sculpture from Dobrosloveni, Romania, depicts the petrogenesis of Mithras, with a hole through the generative rock from which water flowed.

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Two-register tauroctony from Philippopolis

Small arched marble tauroctony relief from Philippovtsi near Sofia, Thracia, divided into two parts by a horizontal rim.

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Inscription of Sahin

Altar inscription from Sahin invoking the most high heavenly god and Mithras in the Alawite Mountains.

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Parthian dipinto from Dura-Europos

Painted Parthian inscription on a ceramic sherd possibly referring to Mithras as a bull-slayer.

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