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Locus

Civitas Auderiensium
The main town of the Civitas Auderiensium was the Vicus Med... (name only partially preserved), today’s Dieburg.
Monumentum

Two-sided relief of Dieburg
The relief of Dieburg shows Mithras riding a horse as main figure, surrounded by several scenes of the myth.
TNMM231 – CIMRM 1247, 1954
[Side A:] D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / Silves/trius / Silvi/nius et Silvestrius Pe[rpetus et A]urelius nepos / v(otum) s(olverunt) l(ibentes) l(aeti) m(erito). / Perpetus fra/te[r] artis sutor(iae). …
Video

Mithrasstein Dieburg
Film in German describing the Mithras relief from Dieburg as part of the design and staging of the Mithraeum in Museum Schloss Fechenbach, Dieburg.
Monumentum

Mithras with the bow
A statue of Mithras with a bow was found on the pit of the Mithraeum of Dieburg.
TNMM311 – CIMRM 1249, 743
Mithraeum

Mithräum von Dieburg
There are references to two places of worship from Dieburg, whereby the Mithraeum, discovered in 1926.
TNMM232 – CIMRM 1246, 1407
Syndexios

Silvestrius Silvinus
Quadratarius who made some mithraic monuments including the two-sided relief of Dieburg
Monumentum

Male figure with offerings from Dieburg
A standing half naked man makes offerings to an altar while holding a cornucopia in his other hand.
TNMM412 – CIMRM 1255, 602
D(eo) I(nvicto) M(ithrae) // Priscinius Sedulius / Primulus fratres / v(otum) s(olverunt) l(ibentes) l(aeti) m(erito).
Monumentum

Incensiary vessel of Dieburg
The vessel to burn incense from the Mithraeum of Dieburg is similar to those found in other Roman cities of Germany.
TNMM409 – CIMRM 1269, 630
Monumentum

Statue of a mother goddess with child
This unusual statue in Mithraic iconography of a mother nursing a child was found in the vestibule of the Mithraeum of Dieburg.
TNMM647 – CIMRM 1262, 845
Notitia

The MITHRA Project
Laurent Bricault has revolutionised Mithraic studies with the exhibition The Mystery of Mithras. Meet this professor in Toulouse for a fascinating look at the latest discoveries and what lies ahead.
Monumentum

Mithras riding a horse from Neuenheim
Mithras galloping, in a cypress forest, carrying a globe in one hand and accompanied by a lion and a snake.
TNMM177 – CIMRM 1289, 1042
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Dragus
The tauroctonic relief from Dragus includes a naked flying figure that Vermaseren has identified as Phosporus or Lucifer.
TNMM310 – CIMRM 1919, 688
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Mithras and Tellus
This relief of Mithras slaying the bull is unique because of the representation of Tellus lying under the bull.
TNMM623 – CIMRM 598, 475
Monumentum

Mithras hunting from Dura Europos
In this fresco from Dura Europos, Mithras is represented as a hunter accompanied by the lion and the serpent.
TNMM286 – CIMRM 52, 1094
Monumentum

CIMRM 850
ILN 1951,455; Richmond-Gillam, 30 and PI.
TNMM1270 – CIMRM 850