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Locus

Augusta Rauricorum (Augst)

Augusta Rauricorum became one of the principal urban centres of the Upper Rhine region.

Monumentum

Head in Phrygian cap from St. Wendel, possibly identical with CIMRM 993

A head in a Phrygian cap, possibly belonging to a torchbearer statue, formerly kept at St. Wendel in Belgica but possibly transported to the Provinzialmuseum in Trier, where it may be identical with CIMRM 993.

Monumentum

Inscription "Deo Soli Mithrae" from Scaleby Castle, near Petrianae

A fragmentary inscription from Scaleby Castle near Cambeckfort (ancient Petrianae), preserving a partial dedication to Sol Mithras.

Monumentum

Small altar "Deo Invicto" with boar relief from Lancaster

A small ara from Longovicium (modern Lancaster), bearing a fragmentary dedication to the Invincible God and decorated on the left side with a relief of a boar.

Monumentum

Small altar dedicated to Mithras, Cautopates and Sol Invictus from Lancaster

A small altar from Longovicium (modern Lancaster), bearing a brief inscription dedicated to Deus Mithras, Cautopates and Sol Invictus.

Monumentum

Marble relief of a standing figure with sheep-hook from Chester, Grosvenor Museum

A marble relief found in 1851 built into the adjoining hall of White Friars at Chester (ancient Deva), now in the Grosvenor Museum, depicting a standing dressed figure with a sheep-hook in his left hand and possibly a downward-pointing torch in his right…

Monumentum

Stone relief of a torchbearer from Chester, Grosvenor Museum

A stone relief from Chester (ancient Deva), now in the Grosvenor Museum, depicting a cross-legged torchbearer in Eastern attire pointing his torch downwards with his right hand.

Monumentum

Statue of a standing torchbearer from Chester (now lost)

A small stone statue found at Chester (ancient Deva) in 1853 built into a cellar wall in White Friars, still seen by Stukeley in 1725 but now lost, depicting a standing torchbearer in Eastern attire and cross-legged, holding a torch downwards with both hands…

Monumentum

Inscription "Soli deo" from an old stone architrave in Turin

A brief inscription reading "Soli deo", found on an old stone architrave in Turin (ancient Augusta Taurinorum) in Liguria.

Monumentum

Altar of C. Industrius Verus from Industria

An altar found in 1830 at the ancient site of Industria near Monteu da Po in Liguria, bearing a dedication to the Invincible Mithras by C. Industrius Verus.

Monumentum

Marble statue of a standing woman in chiton from Mérida (No. 790)

A marble statue from Augusta Emerita (modern Mérida), depicting a standing woman in a long chiton, now in the museum at Mérida, with head lost.

Monumentum

Marble statue of a standing woman in chiton from Mérida (No. 789)

A marble statue found at Augusta Emerita (modern Mérida) in 1913, depicting a standing woman in a long chiton, now in the museum at Mérida, with head lost.

Monumentum

Marble statue of a standing deity (Poseidon?) from Mérida

A marble statue from Augusta Emerita (modern Mérida), depicting a standing dressed male person whose right leg leans against a tree-trunk and whose raised right arm once held a lance or trident, tentatively identified as Poseidon.

Monumentum

Mithraeum of Housesteads

The Housesteads Mithraeum is an underground temple, now burried, discovered in 1822 in a slope of the Chapel Hill, outside of the Roman Fort at the Hadrian's Wall.

Monumentum

Tauroctony relief from Sexantaprista

Marble tauroctony relief in five fragments from Ruse, ancient Sexantaprista in Moesia Inferior, found near the confluence of the river Lom with the Danube, depicting the standard bull-slaying.

Monumentum

Lost tauroctony relief from Doștat

Marble tauroctony relief from Doștat, Dacia, still at Dorstadt in 1723 but now lost; probably found together with the other Doștat monuments.

Monumentum

Bronze tauroctony plate from Budapest

Bronze plate from Budapest, ancient Aquincum or vicinity, preserving a Mithraic representation of uncertain composition; no longer in a known collection.

Monumentum

Small tauroctony statuette from Budapest

White marble statuette from Budapest, ancient Aquincum or vicinity, depicting a badly damaged Mithras killing the bull with dog and serpent; the god's head is lost.

Monumentum

Rock-cut Mithraeum at St. Urban

Natural grotto called the Bichl on the south slope above the Glanegg lake near St. Urban, Noricum, adapted as a Mithraic sanctuary; part of the grotto floor was paved and remnants of water installations survive.

Monumentum

Altar of Hermes from St. Thomas am Zeiselberg

Small altar preserved in the castle of Freudenberg at St. Thomas am Zeiselberg, Noricum, recording a dedication to Hermes invicto Mitrae — an unusual conflation of Hermes and the invincible Mithras.

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