The New Mithraeum Database

Altar from Apulum, Dacia, found in 1715, dedicated to Soli by Quintus Marcius Victor Felix Maximillianus, legatus Augusti of Legio XIII Gemina, together with his wife Pullaiena Caeliana and his son.

Limestone altar from Partoș or Mureș Port, Dacia, found in 1852, with a triangular pediment containing the head of Sol in a twelve-rayed crown and nimbus, flanked by a patera on the right and a jug on the left.

Limestone altar fragment from the Mithraeum at Sárkeszi, Pannonia Inferior, dedicated to Fonti dei by Septimius Valentinus, optio.

Limestone altar from Mithraeum III at Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior, dedicated to Invicto deo sacrum for the welfare of Caius Iulius Victorinus, decurio of the Colonia Aquincensium, by Caius Iulius Primus, his libertus.

Altar from Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior, dedicated to Sol deo sacrum by Caius Iulius Primus, decorated between two rosettes with a bunch of grapes.

Marble altar rim from Mithraeum I at Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, preserving only the beginning of the dedicant's name: Caius Fron-.

Marble votive altar from Stix-Neusiedl, Pannonia Superior, recording that Valerius and Valerianus restored a collapsed Mithraic temple at their own expense for the welfare of Emperor Lucius Septimius; red-painted lettering is preserved.

Left portion of a primitive marble relief from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving the upper part of a figure in Oriental dress holding a downward torch and the bust of Sol in the upper corner.

Inscription from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, dedicated to Deo invicto Mithrae by Licinius Maximinus, miles of Legio II Italica.

Duplicate inscription from Mithraeum I at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, set up by Primitivos in memory of Hyacinthus; a companion piece to no. 1501, suggesting that the two inscriptions flanked the cult niche.

Inscription from Mithraeum I at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, set up by Primitivos, contrascrip of the imperial procurator Caius Antonius Rufus, in memory of Hyacinthus — probably the founder of the sanctuary.

Altar from Mithraeum I at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, dedicated to Deo invicto Mithrae by Optimus Vitalis, vicarius of Sabinus Veranus, vilicus of the publicum portorium.

Inscription from Virunum, Noricum, dedicated to Deo invicto Mithrae in honour of the Domus Divina by Eppius, son of Ariminensis — a rare instance of filiation used as a sole identifier.

Animal bones, principally of birds, found in pit g at Mithraeum III, Heddernheim, ancient Nida, evidence of ritual feasting

Assemblage of lamps, keys, torches, an iron knife, pottery, glass fragments, and five coins from Mithraeum III at Heddernheim, ancient Nida

Fragments of a white marble arched tauroctony from Mithraeum III at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, showing Mithras killing the bull in a leaf wreath

Third Mithraic sanctuary found north-west of the cemetery at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, in 1887 and fully excavated by G. Wolff in 1890

Two sandstone reliefs from Vibbel, found in a pit at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, in 1884, probably lost during the Second World War

Small sandstone altar from Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, bearing a snake and cult imagery consistent with Mithraic worship

Small tauroctony relief in white marble, preserved in five fragments, from Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida