The New Mithraeum Database

The relief of Mithras slaying the bull from Nida's Mithraeum III was found in two pieces in 1887, destroyed during an air raid on Frankfurt in 1944, and restored in 1986.

TNMM407 – CIMRM 1118

Since 1826, four mithraea have been found at Nida-Heddernheim.

TNMM197

This catalogue proposes, thanks to the contributions of some 75 international experts, a new synthesis for a complex and fascinating cult that reflects the remarkable advances in our knowledge in recent decades.

The main relief of Mithras killing the bull from the Mithraeum of Dura Europos includes three persons named Zenobius, Jariboles and Barnaadath.

TNMM298 – CIMRM 40, 41

Marius Victor, according to the inscription on the monument, erected this monument to Mithras ’when Philip and Titianus were consuls’.

TNMM681 – CIMRM 1102

This lion-headed figure from Nida, present-day Frankfurt-Heddernheim, holds a key and a shovel in his hands.

TNMM277

The two companions of Mithras carry a torch and a shepherd's staff at the third Mithraeum in Frankfurt-Heddernheim, formerly Nida.

TNMM408 – CIMRM 1119

The relief of Dieburg shows Mithras riding a horse as main figure, surrounded by several scenes of the myth.

TNMM231 – CIMRM 1247

Le Manuel (encheiridion) est ainsi intitulé parce qu'il doit toujours être « sous la main » et à la disposition de ceux qui veulent bien vivre. Car le poignard (encheiridion) du soldat est lui aussi une arme qui doit toujours être sous la main de ce…

Three plaster altars within the main altar of the Mithraeum of Dura Europos, two of them with traces of fire and cinders.

TNMM731 – CIMRM 35, 36