The New Mithraeum Database

Fragment of a limestone column from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, with a partially preserved inscription recording a dedication by multiple members of the Syrian community.

Fragment of a white marble statuette from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the dressed bust of Sol in a nimbus and seven-rayed crown with traces of red colour; two bolt-holes at the bottom for attachment.

Three white limestone fragments from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the hind leg of a lion in a vertical position and a serpent apparently moving towards a rock — possibly a rock-birth scene.

Fragment of a white limestone relief from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the bust of Sol and a figure in Phrygian cap raising a right hand.

Fragment of a white limestone relief from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the dressed bust of Sol and beside him a sitting Mithras visible to the knees, with an arch above.

Lower part of a white limestone tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the bull with a broad belt and the Cautopates area.

Left lower corner of a marble tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the crossed legs of Cautopates with the forepart of his torch and a fragmentary inscription in the lower rim.

Eight small, badly weathered marble fragments from Cinçsor, Dacia, belonging to at least three different reliefs.

Limestone base from Apulum, Dacia, decorated on the front with Mithras riding the bull to the right while holding an upraised torch — the tauriphoros riding type, distinct from the tauroctony.

Limestone altar from Apulum, Dacia, decorated on one side with Medusa, on another with a vase, flowers, a bull's head, and a serpent; the front bears an inscription.

Limestone base from near the Kutyamál vineyard south of the fortress at Apulum, Dacia, decorated with Bacchic vine scrolls and grapes at the top.

Altar from Apulum, Dacia, dedicated to Iovi optimo maximo by Claudius Niger; included in the Mithraic corpus by proximity to other monuments from the same context.

Top of a limestone altar from Apulum, Dacia, with a rosette in the pediment and palmettes on the sides, recording a dedication to the Numen invicti by a dedicant whose name may be Vallerius.

Limestone altar from Apulum, Dacia, dedicated to Soli invicto Mithrae by Caius Iulius Marcianus, signifer of Legio XIII Gemina.

Limestone altar from Apulum, Dacia, dedicated to Deo invicto Mithrae as a gift by Titus Aurelius Marcus (tribu Fabia), veteran of Legio XIII Gemina.

Limestone statue torso from the Mithraeum at Apulum, Dacia, found with the preceding piece, depicting a person in Oriental dress carrying a bull's head in his left hand; head, arms, and legs are lost.

Limestone altar found in Partoș, Dacia, dedicated to Deo Soli by Lucius Valerius Felix.

Limestone altar from Mureș Port near Apulum, Dacia, dedicated to Invicto Mithrae; the dedicant is identified only as Augustalis (coloniae?).

Limestone altar from Cluj, ancient Napoca in Dacia, dedicated to Soli invicto Mithrae for the welfare of the ordo Augustalis.

Two white limestone blocks from Golubić near Bihać, Dalmatia, depicting the standard Mithraic tauroctony scene.