The New Mithraeum Database

Pair of bronze torchbearer statuettes in Oriental dress from the Cabinet des Médailles, originally belonging to the same sculptural group.

Black jasper gem from the Seyrig collection, depicting Mithras radiate slaying the bull, with the god grasping the muzzle with the left hand and driving a knife into the animal's neck with the right.

Oval jasper gem in the Cairo Museum depicting Mithras slaying the bull with Sol, Luna, a leontocephalic figure and seven stars.

A small stone pedestal and the fallen statue of a seated Mother-goddess from the Mithraeum at Procolitia (modern Carrawburgh), depicting a figure of ungainly proportions enfolding in her arms a basket resting on her knees, found in the corner behind the screen at the east end of the temple…

A small marble fragment from Augusta Emerita (modern Mérida) bearing the fragmentary inscription (S)arapi(s), attesting to the veneration of Sarapis in proximity to the Mithraic sanctuary.

Marble tauroctony relief fragment from an unknown provenance, preserving part of Mithras's body, his right arm and dagger, and his left arm grasping the bull by the nostrils.

Arched white marble tauroctony relief of unknown provenance, depicting the standard bull-slaying in the usual attitude with dog and serpent.

Marble relief fragment from Dacia, depicting Mithras placing a Phrygian cap on the kneeling Sol — one of the more unusual variants of the Mithraic iconographic programme.

Marble tauroctony relief fragment from Dacia, preserved in Bucharest, with only Mithras's head and part of his flying cloak visible; above this a water-miracle scene and above that the bull in a small boat.

Villa Vicentina is associated with archaeological material from the Roman territory of Venetia.

Cataio is associated with archaeological material from the Euganean area of Venetia.

Belignae is associated with archaeological material from the Roman landscape of Venetia.

Verona was an important Roman city in northern Italy.

Introbbio is associated with archaeological material from the Alpine region of northern Italy.

Industria was a Roman settlement in northern Italy, today associated with Monteu da Po.

Dertona was a Roman town in northern Italy, today Tortona.

Ganaceto is associated with archaeological material from Roman northern Italy.

Lucey is associated with archaeological discoveries from Roman Gaul.

Interanum is recorded as a findspot for Mithraic material in Roman Gaul.

Arverni refers to the territory of the Arverni in central Gaul, centred on the region of modern Clermont-Ferrand.