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The New Mithraeum Database

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Smaller finds from Capua Mithraeum

Miscellaneous finds from the middle of the Mithraeum of Capua, including a terracotta antefix with centaurs, basins, marble bases, lamps with a Sol head, and coins of M. Aurelius and Constantine.

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Fresco fragment from Capua

Fresco fragment from the initiation sequence of the Mithraeum of Capua, of which only the heads and parts of the white tunica of two figures remain visible.

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Fresco fragment from Capua

Badly damaged fresco fragment showing a person in red attire in a kneeling position, from the initiation sequence of the Mithraeum of Capua.

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Head from Capua

Head in Phrygian cap with a sorrowful expression, used as a protome in the Amphitheatre of Capua and interpreted as a head of Mithras.

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Sol Augustus altar from Timgad

Altar inscription dedicated to Sol Augustus by the decurion Valerius Carpus, from Timgad (ancient Thamugadi).

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Dynastic inscription of Antiochus I from Nemrud Dağı

Great royal inscription of Antiochus I of Commagene carved on the thrones at Nemrud Dağı, invoking Apollo-Mithras-Helios among the guardian deities of the kingdom, 69–34 B.C.

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Ritual objects from the Mithraeum of Friedberg

Sacrificial knife, lamps, pottery, animal remains and inscribed terracotta fragments discovered inside the sanctuary.

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Statuette of Mercury from Saalburg

Sandstone fragment of a Mercury statuette preserving part of the shoulder and caduceus.

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Altar to Mercury from Saalburg

Fragmentary inscribed altar dedicated to Mercury from the Saalburg sanctuary area.

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Dedication to Mithras and Mercury from Saalburg

Small inscribed plaque invoking Mithras and Mercury attached to a sandstone column inside the sanctuary.

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Bronze flower-shaped candlestick from Saalburg

Decorative bronze candlestick discovered near the entrance of the supposed Mithraic sanctuary.

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Ritual basin from Saalburg

Sandstone basin from the pronaos of the sanctuary originally mounted on a short column.

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Statue base and hooked sword from Saalburg

Cult statue base discovered with a hooked ritual sword in front of the sanctuary niche.

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Supposed Mithraeum of Saalburg

Elongated cult building near the Saalburg fort traditionally interpreted as a Mithraeum but later reconsidered as a possible funerary enclosure.

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Mitreo de Cabra

The Mithraeum of Cabra is located in the Villa del Mitra, which owes its name to the discovery in 1951 of a Mithras tauroctonus in the remains of the Roman villa.

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Tauroctony from Sî`

In the tauroctony of Jabal al-Druze in Syria, the snake appears to be licking the head of the bull's penis.

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Frescoes from Susa

Sassanian-period frescoes discovered at Susa whose possible Mithraic interpretation remains uncertain.

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Groß-Gerau (Groß-Gerau)

Groß-Gerau is the district seat of the Groß-Gerau district, lying in the southern Frankfurt Rhein-Main Region in Hesse, Germany, and serving as a hub for the surrounding area.

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Centum Prata (Kempraten)

Centum Prata is the name of a Roman vicus, whose remains are located on the eastern Zürichsee lakeshore in Kempraten, a locality of the municipality Rapperswil-Jona in the canton of St.

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Cappadocia

Cappadocia preserves evidence shaped by military movement, eastern frontier dynamics and Anatolian religious landscapes.

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