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The New Mithraeum Database

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Raven from Stockstadt

The Stockstadt Raven is one of only two standing-alone sculptures of this bird to be found in Mithraic statuary.

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Gran mitreo de Mérida

Jaime Alvar speculates that the Gran Mitreo de Mérida could have been located in this area, based on a series of materials unearthed by Mélida during the excavations of 1926 and 1927.

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Mitreo de la calle Espronceda

The Mithraeum at Espronceda Street, in Merida, was discovered in 2000. It is a semi-subterranean temple.

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Mithraeum of Ša‘āra

The Mithraeum of Saara, Syria, has been identified through the deciphering of the remains of the iconographic programme on its arch.

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Zeus Brontoon sanctuary near Villa dei Quintili

Mithras and other oriental gods were worshipped in the shrine of Zeus near the Villa of the Quintilians in Rome.

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Tauroctony from Absalmos

The relief depict several unusual scenes from Mithras’s myth.

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Taurocotony from Calvi Risorta

In this terracotta relief depicting Mithras as a bull killer found at Cales, now in Calvi Risorta, none of the usual accompanying animals is present.

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Taurocotony from Calvi Risorta

Second terracotta tablet found at Calvi depicting Mithras killing the bull, now at Berlin, Antiquarium.

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Tauroctony from Salita delle Tre Pile

White marble relief depicting Mithras killing the bull, found broken in two parts in 1872 near Salita delle Tre Pile in Rome.

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Martin Owen

I am a member of the Longthorpe Legion, a Living History group linked to our local museum that portrays the Romans in Britain, including a Temple to Mithras.

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Mitreo di Angera

The existence of a mithraeum in the "tana del lupo", a natural cave in the castle of Angera, has been assumed since the 19th century, following the discovery of two mithraic inscriptions in the town.

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Petrogeny with hand on head from Nida

This sculpture of Mithras being born from a rock is unique in the position of the hands, one on his head, the other on the rock.

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Cautes with bull head of Sarmizegetusa

This sculpture of Cautes holding a bull’s head was found in 1882 in Sarmizegetusa, Romania.

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Petrogeny from Aquileia

This fragment of a sculpture depicting the birth of Mithras from a rock, intertwined with a chaotic mass of serpent coils, was discovered in Aquileia, Italy.

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Tauroctony from Gérman

This very fine relief of Mithras killing the bull was discovered in 2014 in Germán, near Sofia, Bulgaria, and is now housed in the Sofia History Museum.

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Mitreo di Capodimonte

The Mithraeum of Visentium, near Capodimonte in Viterbo, was carved grotto-style into a tuff cliff overlooking the waters of Lake Bolsena, just a few dozen metres away.

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Mitreo di Cosa

The Mithraeum was inserted into the basement of the basilica-theater by the 3rd century.

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Tablet of Antiochus I from Samsat

"The remaining figure on this monument, Herakles, was previously misidentified as Apollo on this remarkable black basalt tablet from Samsat, known in Roman times as Samosata.

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Tauroctony relief from Apulum

This relief of Mithras killing the bull includes various singular features specific to the Danubian area.

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Maria Adriana Ortolani

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