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Locus

Thirmarum (Trillo)

Thirmarum is recorded as a findspot for Mithraic material in Tarraconensis.

Syndexios

Marcus Aurelius Decimus

Governor of Numidia and prolific dedicator of monuments to Sol Mithras, Sol Invictus and other deities in late Roman North Africa.

Monumentum

Dedication to Sol Invictus from Lambaesis

Limestone slab dedicated to the invincible Sun by the governor Marcus Aurelius Decimus near the temple of Aesculapius.

Monumentum

Mithraeum II of Aquincum in Victorinus’s house

This temple of Mithras in Aquincum was located within the private house of the decurio Marcus Antonius Victorinus.

Monumentum

Tauroctony relief from Verona

A white marble tauroctony relief of unknown provenance, now preserved in the Lapidary Museum of Verona, depicting the standard Mithraic bull-slaying scene.

Monumentum

Cautes from Forum of Caesar

Upper fragment of a marble relief depicting Cautes, discovered in the Forum of Caesar in Rome.

Monumentum

Inscription in tabula ansata from the Walbrook Mithraeum, London

A marble fragment with an inscription in a tabula ansata from the Mithraeum at Walbrook in London, reading [Au]gggg(ustis) invicto..., a dedication to the Invincible probably addressing multiple emperors.

Monumentum

Inscription fragment "(S)arapi(s)" from Mérida

A small marble fragment from Augusta Emerita (modern Mérida) bearing the fragmentary inscription (S)arapi(s), attesting to the veneration of Sarapis in proximity to the Mithraic sanctuary.

Monumentum

Fragmentary inscription from Moesia Inferior

Marble slab of unknown provenance from Moesia Inferior, preserving only the opening of a dedication to Soli invicto Mithrae.

Monumentum

Tauroctony small fragment from unknown provenance

Marble tauroctony relief fragment from an unknown provenance, preserving part of Mithras's body, his right arm and dagger, and his left arm grasping the bull by the nostrils.

Monumentum

Tauroctony relief of uncertain Dacian origin

Marble tauroctony relief of uncertain but probably Apulum/Dacian provenance, depicting Mithras tauroktonos with raven, serpent, scorpion, and dog.

Monumentum

Tauroctony relief from unknown provenance

White marble tauroctony relief fragment of unknown provenance, preserving the foremost part of the bull and part of Mithras as bull-slayer.

Monumentum

Tauroctony relief from unknown provenance

Arched white marble tauroctony relief of unknown provenance, depicting the standard bull-slaying in the usual attitude with dog and serpent.

Monumentum

Mithras crowning Sol relief from Dacia

Marble relief fragment from Dacia, depicting Mithras placing a Phrygian cap on the kneeling Sol — one of the more unusual variants of the Mithraic iconographic programme.

Monumentum

Tauroctony with water miracle from Dacia

Marble tauroctony relief fragment from Dacia, preserved in Bucharest, with only Mithras's head and part of his flying cloak visible; above this a water-miracle scene and above that the bull in a small boat.

Monumentum

Statue of Cautopates pointing torch at rock from Cataio

A marble statue from the south wall of the gallery of the Castle at Cataio in the Veneto, depicting a cross-legged torchbearer in Eastern attire (Cautopates) with a sorrowful expression, standing beside a rock at which he points his torch.

Monumentum

Cautopates relief from Torcello

A marble relief found on the small island of San Michele di Zampanigo near Torcello in the Venetian lagoon, now in the Museum of Torcello, showing a cross-legged figure in Eastern attire resting his head in his right hand and holding a downward-pointing torch (Cautopates), framed by poppies…

Monumentum

Inscription "Deo Soli" dedicated by the res publica from Brescia

An inscription found in the old monastery of San Giulia in Brescia (ancient Brixia), in the arch supporting the crypt of Santa Maria in Solario, recording a dedication to Deus Sol by the res publica.

Monumentum

Cautes torchbearer relief fragment from Ganaceto near Modena

A white marble relief fragment found in a house at Ganaceto near Modena in 1845, now in the Museo Lapidario in Modena, showing Cautes in Eastern attire and anaxyrides cross-legged, with a fragment of Mithras' flying cloak according to Cumont.

Monumentum

Tauroctony relief fragment from San Zeno am Nonsberg, Trentino

A coarse-grained yellowish-white marble tauroctony relief fragment found walled in at San Zeno am Nonsberg in the Trentino in 1911, now in the Museum Ferdinandeum at Innsbruck, showing part of Mithras slaying the bull and Cautes raising a flaming torch.

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