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Marble slab dedicated to the two Invicti Augusti, bench p, S. Prisca Mithraeum, Rome

Marble slab walled into the ledge of bench p in the S. Prisca Mithraeum, with a brief dedication to the two Invicti domini Augusti.

 
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Graffito recording a birth on 20 November 202 A.D., S. Prisca Mithraeum, Rome

Graffito on the outside of the left wall of the niche in the S. Prisca Mithraeum, recording a birth before daybreak on 20 November 202 A.D., a Saturday with an eighteenth-day moon, under the consulate of Severus and Antoninus.

 
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Terracotta relief of Victoria slaying a bull, S. Prisca Mithraeum, Rome

Terracotta relief showing Victoria slaying a bull from the S. Prisca Mithraeum; a similar relief was found in 1953 and probably does not belong to the original Mithraic inventory.

 
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Marble relief fragments of Mithras tauroktonos from S. Lorenzo in Damaso, Rome

Fragments of a marble relief preserving only the lower part, with Mithras slaying the bull, dog and serpent licking blood, a large scorpion, and Cautopates behind the bull pointing his torch downwards, from the Mithraeum of S. Lorenzo in Damaso.

 
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Lost marble fragments of Mithras tauroktonos from Via Boncompagni 101, Rome

Ancient marble fragments walled into the staircase of the house at Via Boncompagni 101 (Boarding-house Cosmopolita), including a lower part of a Mithras bull-killing group and a fragment of a low-relief with the bullkilling; not traced by Vermaseren.

 
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Graffito naming Macarius from the Palazzo Barberini Mithraeum, Rome

Graffito on the left wall of the Palazzo Barberini Mithraeum consisting of the single name Macarius.

 
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Wall-painting of ivy-crowned figure on column, Palazzo Barberini Mithraeum, Rome

Wall-painting on the last column but one of the Palazzo Barberini Mithraeum, showing a standing person in a short tunic with a wreath of ivy, carrying fruits in his left hand.

 
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Marble slab inscription of Yperanthes from the Palazzo Barberini Mithraeum, Rome

Square marble slab walled in the right projecting elevation before the cult-niche of the Palazzo Barberini Mithraeum, with a dedication by Yperanthes (a Persian name) to the Invictus, inscribed in a red frame with traces of red and blue colour.

 
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Black and white mosaic floor from the Mithraeum of the Nummi Albani, Rome

Black and white mosaic floor of the underground room used as a Mithraeum in the house of the Nummi Albani on the Quirinal; the mosaic ends about 1 metre from the side-walls, suggesting side-benches; Nummius Albinus was consul in 345 A.D.

 
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Plaster relief of Mithras tauroktonos beside the wall-painting in the Nummi Albani house, Rome

Relief in plaster, fixed on the wall beside the Mithraic wall-painting (No. 386) in the house of the Nummi Albani on the Quirinal, with traces pointing to a representation of Mithras slaying the bull.

 
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Mithraeum between the Quirinal and Viminal, Rome (16th century)

Mithraeum discovered towards the end of the 16th century in a vineyard of Horazio Muti opposite S. Vitale, between the Quirinal and Viminal hills, known from Vacca's report of a sealed room with many terracotta lamp-holders.

 
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Fragmentary inscription slab from the Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte

Marble slab with a fragmentary Latin inscription, walled into the right-hand side of the cult-niche in the Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte at Ostia.

 
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Marble lion's head from the Mitreo del Palazzo Imperiale

Marble lion's head fastened into a wall, its flat square back indicating it was set into masonry, from the Mitreo del Palazzo Imperiale at Ostia.

 
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Two tuff altars with jug decoration from the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere

Two small tuff altars walled into the corners of the benches, each bearing a representation of a jug, from the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere at Ostia.

 
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Fresco of Cautopates from Capua

Fresco depicting Cautopates in Eastern attire between two laurels, cross-legged, pointing his torch downwards over a burning altar, from the Mithraeum of Capua.

 
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Dipinto of Archelao from Dura-Europos

Painted inscription naming a tribune Archelao, found on a column or wall of the Mithraeum of Dura-Europos, Syria.

 
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Painted plaster with foliage from Dura-Europos

Fragments of wall plaster decorated with green leaves and tree branches, adhering to the south wall of the Mithraeum of Dura-Europos, Syria.

Socius

Mateusz Zalewski

BSc Econ in Political Science and Intelligence Studies, born in Warsaw, PL, Researcher of Cults and Mysteries, a practicing Heathen since the age of 12.

 
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Veiled figure relief from Stockstadt

Red sandstone relief from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt showing a male figure stooping and walking to the right with outstretched hands, head veiled

 
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Mithras carrying the bull from Stockstadt

Grey sandstone relief from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt showing Mithras in Oriental dress walking to the right while carrying a bull on his shoulders

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