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Syndexios

Prudentus

Servus of a certain Primus, Prudentus offered a sculpture of Mithras rock-birth in Poetovio.

Monumentum

Tabula ansata of Lucius from Bremenium

This inscription commemorates the building of a mithraeum in Bremenium with fellow worshippers of Mithras.

Monumentum

Raven from Stockstadt

The Stockstadt Raven is one of only two standing-alone sculptures of this bird to be found in Mithraic statuary.

Monumentum

Cautes with bull head of Sarmizegetusa

This sculpture of Cautes holding a bull’s head was found in 1882 in Sarmizegetusa, Romania.

Monumentum

Tablet of Antiochus I from Samsat

"The remaining figure on this monument, Herakles, was previously misidentified as Apollo on this remarkable black basalt tablet from Samsat, known in Roman times as Samosata.

Monumentum

Inscription of Mitreo Aldobrandini by Sextus

This inscription found in the Mithraeum Aldobrandini informs us of certain restorations carried out in the temple during a second phase of development.

Monumentum

Altar of Dioscorus from Alba Iulia

In 1852, Károly Pap, a naval captain, unearthed several Mithraic monuments in his garden at Marospartos, including this altar.

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

Mount Nemrut Dağı

Mount Nemrut or Nemrud is one of the highest peaks in the eastern Taurus Mountains, southeastern Turkey. On its summit large statues stand around what is supposed to be a royal tomb from the 1st century BC.

Monumentum

Altar of Tihaljina

This altar, discovered in Grude, near Tihaljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, bears an inscription by Pinnes, a soldier of the Cohors Prima Belgica.

Monumentum

Altar of Adiectus from Carnuntum

There is no consensus as to whether the altar of the slave Adiectus from Carnuntum is dedicated to a Mithras genitor of light.

Monumentum

Mithräum I von Köln

The Mithraeum I of Cologne is situated amid a block of buildings. It was impossible to narrowly determine its construction and lay-out.

Monumentum

Mithraeum of Qasr Ibn Wardan

According to F. Cumont, the Bedouins told a legend from which Nöldeke concluded that the castle of Quasr-ibn-Wardân was a fort with a mithraeum.

Monumentum

Tauroctony from Aurelios Stephanos from Sibiu

This relief of Mithras killing the bull is unique in the Apulum Mithraic repertoire because of its inscription in Greek.

Monumentum

Tauroctony from Pisa

This white marble relief of Mithas killing the sacred bull was found embedded in the building of a noble family in Pisa.

Monumentum

Aion altar of Bordeaux

The altar depicting a lion-headed figure from Bordeaux includes a sculpted ewer and a patera on the sides.

Monumentum

Aion of Arles

The Aion of Arles includes nine signs of the zodiac in three groups of three, between the spirals of the serpent.

Monumentum

Bronze inscription from Aldobrandini

This plaque, now on display in the British Museum, may have come from the Aldobrandini Mithraeum in Ostia.

Socius

Charlotte Foweraker

Student at the University of Edinburgh

Notitia

Mithras in Hispania

On the occasion of the discovery of a Mithraeum in Cabra, Spain, we talk to Jaime Alvar, a leading figure in the field of Mithraism. With him, we examine the testimonies known to date and the peculiarities of the cult of Mithras in Hispania.

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