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The Literary Holy Grail of Mithraic Studies, East and West: The Parthian Epic of Samak-e ʿAyyar

Prof. Parvaneh Pourshariati; 9th European Conference of Iranian Studies, Free University of Berlin, September 2019.

Monumentum

Seal of King Šauštatar of Mitanni

Royal Mitannian seal featuring a winged solar emblem and heroic combat scenes from the cultural milieu in which the earliest attestation of Mitra is found.

Monumentum

Phallus relief from the Mithraeum of Tiddis

The phallus from Tiddis, Algeria, has been represented as a cock.

Monumentum

Altar to the god of the East from Stockstadt

Bright red sandstone altar from Mithraeum II at Stockstadt dedicated to Deo Cauti by Titus Martialius Candidus, found near the north podium.

Monumentum

Cautopates relief from Heddernheim

Fragment of a sandstone relief from Nida-Heddernheim depicting the torchbearer Cautopates.

Monumentum

Stela of Mithras Invictus from Mandeure

Stela dedicated to Mithras Invictus, found in 1895–1896 at Epamantodurum (modern Mandeure), in the territory of the civitas Sequanorum (Gallia Belgica). The inscription records a vow to Mithras Invictus made for the welfare of Sextus Maenius Pudens.

Monumentum

Altar of Annius Saturninus from Tropaeum Traiani

Altar from Kokardscha near Adam Klissi, ancient Tropaeum Traiani in Moesia Inferior, dedicated to Deo invicto for the welfare of Emperor Marcus Antoninus Verus by Annius Saturninus, centurion of Legio XI Claudia.

Monumentum

Altar of a custos armorum from Ulcisia Castra

Fragment of an altar from Pócsmegyer, ancient Ulcisia Castra in Pannonia Inferior, dedicated to Invicto Soli Mithrae by a custos armorum of the Cohors milliaria nova Severiana.

Monumentum

Rock-birth relief from Schwadorf

Limestone relief from Schwadorf, ancient Aequinoctium in Pannonia Superior, depicting the naked Mithras being born from the rock with a serpent encircling it, flanked by torchbearers; one of the finest examples of this iconographic type from the Danubian region…

Monumentum

Finds from Capua Mithraeum criptoporticus

Finds discovered near the crossing of the criptoporticus of the Mithraeum at Capua, including marble plate fragments, a tuff base, red lamps, and animal bones.

Monumentum

Smaller finds from Capua Mithraeum

Miscellaneous finds from the middle of the Mithraeum of Capua, including a terracotta antefix with centaurs, basins, marble bases, lamps with a Sol head, and coins of M. Aurelius and Constantine.

Monumentum

Fresco fragment from Capua

Badly damaged fresco fragment showing a person in red attire in a kneeling position, from the initiation sequence of the Mithraeum of Capua.

Monumentum

Head from Capua

Head in Phrygian cap with a sorrowful expression, used as a protome in the Amphitheatre of Capua and interpreted as a head of Mithras.

Monumentum

Sol Augustus altar from Timgad

Altar inscription dedicated to Sol Augustus by the decurion Valerius Carpus, from Timgad (ancient Thamugadi).

Monumentum

Dynastic inscription of Antiochus I from Nemrud Dağı

Great royal inscription of Antiochus I of Commagene carved on the thrones at Nemrud Dağı, invoking Apollo-Mithras-Helios among the guardian deities of the kingdom, 69–34 B.C.

Monumentum

Possible sanctuary at Kavag-Dağ

Possible Mithras sanctuary at a grotto entrance in the Kavag-Dağ, Lycia; the identification remains purely hypothetical according to Cumont.

Monumentum

Red serpent vase from Mithraeum II, Stockstadt

Similar red painted vase from Mithraeum II at Stockstadt, preserving only the serpent's body and tail

Monumentum

Serpent vase from Mithraeum II, Stockstadt

White painted clay vase from Mithraeum II at Stockstadt with seven holes in the border and a serpent creeping round one handle

Monumentum

Ritual cups and coins from Mithraeum II, Stockstadt

Four small painted cups buried in a row under the niche floor at Mithraeum II, Stockstadt, one still containing a piece of sulphur; with coins of Augustus, Hadrian, and Antoninus Pius

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