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The New Mithraeum Database

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Syndexios

Commodus

Roman emperor traditionally regarded as the first ruler initiated into the Mysteries of Mithras.

Locus

Cibinium (Sibiu)

Roman settlement of Dacia superior located in the area of present-day Sibiu in Romania. The site became an important urban and military centre, later developed into the medieval city known as Hermannstadt in German and Nagyszeben in Hungarian.

Monumentum

Mithraeum of Burham

To date, there is no evidence that the so-called Mithraeum of Burham was ever used to worship the sun god.

Monumentum

Deo Soli stone from Sicca

Small stone block inscribed to Deo Soli, found walled up in an Arabic wall near a Roman spring at Sicca Veneria (modern Kef).

Monumentum

Mithras relief from Carthage

Small Mithras relief found in the upper layer of the tophet at Carthage by Cintas in 1949.

Monumentum

Mithras statuette from Carthage

Statuettes of eastern deities including Mithras, found in a walled compartment near a Punic cemetery at Duimes, Carthage.

Monumentum

Mithraic find from London

Archaeological material from the Mithraeum of Londinium discussed in Hill’s study of Roman London.

Monumentum

Altar to Sol Invictus from Bu-Gnem

Limestone keystone dedicated to the invincible Sun by Peticius Pastor and preserved at Lepcis Magna.

Monumentum

Head in Phrygian cap from Thasos

Marble head from the south-west walls of Thasos, Macedonia, found in 1920, with long curly hair, Phrygian cap, and a pathetic expression; possibly Mithras or Attis.

Monumentum

Altar of Marcus Laelius Aquila sacerdos from Dyrrachium

Stone from Durrës, ancient Dyrrachium in Macedonia, dedicated to Soli aeterno by Marcus Laelius Aquila, sacerdos; the name Aquila may correspond to a Mithraic grade.

Monumentum

Tauroctony relief from Veles

White marble tauroctony relief from Veles, ancient Bylazora in Macedonia; the merchant reported that other fragments of the same monument were walled into a fountain in Veles.

Monumentum

Tauroctony relief from Kabyle

Small weathered arched tauroctony relief from the ruins of ancient Kabyle near Yambol, Thracia, depicting the standard bull-slaying scene.

Monumentum

Fragmentary Greek inscription from Sinitovo

Fragmentary Greek inscription from Sinitovo, Thracia, preserving only the epithet epekooi — the listening one — and a partially legible name beginning with Audios.

Monumentum

Tauroctony lower panel from Sinitovo

Lower part of a marble tauroctony relief from Sinitovo, Thracia, found walled into a well, depicting the lower portion of the bull-slaying scene; the Greek inscription in the lower border records a thanksgiving to Helios Mithras invictos.

Monumentum

Cautopates relief from Debeli-Lak

Marble relief fragment from near Debeli-Lak, Thracia, depicting Cautopates in Oriental dress holding the torch downwards with both hands, not cross-legged; head, shoulder, and feet are lost.

Monumentum

Mithraeum at Tirgușor

Small Mithraic sanctuary discovered in 1958 in the grotto called Adam near Tirgușor, Moesia Inferior, about 30 km from Constanța; the monuments are remarkable for their Greek inscriptions.

Monumentum

Trapezium tauroctony from Tomis

White marble trapezium-shaped tauroctony relief probably from Constanța, ancient Tomis in Moesia Inferior, divided into three horizontal registers with the central tauroctony and subsidiary scenes.

Monumentum

Stele from Histria

Marble stele from Histria, Moesia Inferior, found reused in a late wall in the southern quarter of the city, bearing a Mithraic dedication or scene.

Monumentum

January dedication from Acbunar

Fragmentary inscription from Acbunar, Moesia Inferior, recording a votive fulfilment on the Kalends or Ides of January — one of the few Mithraic inscriptions with a calendar date.

Monumentum

Three-register tauroctony from Acbunar

Two fragments of a yellowish marble tauroctony from Acbunar, Moesia Inferior, divided into three registers by two horizontal rims; the upper registers carry subsidiary Mithraic scenes.

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