The New Mithraeum Database

Fragment of a Mithras relief from Zsámbék near Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior, showing seven altars alternated with trees — a processional or decorative border rather than a main tauroctony scene.

White marble statuette from Budapest, ancient Aquincum or vicinity, depicting a badly damaged Mithras killing the bull with dog and serpent; the god's head is lost.

First Mithraic sanctuary in the potter's quarter of Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior; destroyed during the Marcoman wars; the rectangular building is known only from the four altars found side by side.

Inscription from Schwadorf, ancient Aequinoctium in Pannonia Superior, dedicated to Petrae genetrici dei — the rock that gives birth to the god — by Aurelius Statorius.

Marble statuette of Cautopates from the Mithraeum at Sopron, ancient Scarabantia, in Phrygian cap and Oriental dress, holding the torch downwards; the head is lost.

Marble statuette of Cautes from the Mithraeum at Sopron, ancient Scarabantia, in Phrygian cap and Oriental dress, holding the upraised torch with both hands; the head is lost.

Small Mithraic sanctuary (9.28 × 4.52 m) found at Modrič near Našice in Slavonia, Pannonia Superior, in 1911; the sanctuary has the standard corridor and bench division with a water-basin in the pronaos, and yielded a rich assemblage of marble reliefs…

Inscription from Trojane, ancient Atrans in Pannonia Superior, recording that Quintilianus, beneficiarius consularis of Legio II Italica, restored a Mithraic temple that had collapsed through age, at his own expense.

Inscription from Wieden, ancient Neviodunum in Pannonia Superior, dedicated to Invicto deo by Charito, of the Neviodunenses — possibly a slave or freedman of the community.

Limestone slab from the Mithraeum at Pohanica, Noricum, elaborately carved on both faces; a metal plate originally attached by pins to its interior was removed, probably by the Mithraists themselves — paralleled at Poetovio.

Bachern marble tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Pohanica, Noricum, notable for the prominent inclusion of a lion entering from the left — an unusual compositional element — alongside the standard dog, serpent, and torchbearers.

Small Mithraic sanctuary found in the slope of a ravine called Zlodjer (Devil's Ditch) at Ober-Pohanica near Zdole, Noricum; the finds are among the finest marble Mithraic sculpture from the eastern Alpine provinces.

Small marble head in Phrygian cap of unknown provenance, associated with the Waggendorf find-group, Noricum; may represent Attis or Mithras.

Natural grotto called the Bichl on the south slope above the Glanegg lake near St. Urban, Noricum, adapted as a Mithraic sanctuary; part of the grotto floor was paved and remnants of water installations survive.

Small marble head from Saifnitz, Noricum, wearing a Phrygian cap; possibly representing Attis or a Mithraic torchbearer.

Small limestone tauroctony relief from Enns, ancient Lauriacum in Noricum, found about 100 metres east of the north-east corner of the castra, depicting Mithras killing the bull with dog and serpent and flanking torchbearers.

Carbonised plant remains (4,210 g) from the third room of the Mithraeum at Linz, ancient Lentia, comprising vine, prunes, hedge- and cornelberries, apple pips, walnuts, and millet; interpreted as a ritual food offering to the god.

Several thin silver fragments from the Mithraeum at Linz, ancient Lentia, reconstructed as a votive object surmounted by a crescent or two horns; paralleled in sanctuaries of Jupiter Dolichenus.

Pottery assemblage from the cult room of the Mithraeum at Linz, ancient Lentia, including glazed dishes, three-handled serpent-vases, and related fragments; a vessel type closely associated with Mithraic ritual in the Danubian provinces.

Small circular marble tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Linz, ancient Lentia, depicting Mithras killing the bull with dog, serpent, and scorpion, flanked by cross-legged torchbearers with a lion behind Cautopates; the lower section is divided into three subsidiary scenes…