The New Mithraeum Database

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.

There are references to two places of worship from Dieburg, whereby the Mithraeum, discovered in 1926.

This fragment of the base of a statue from Tarragona, Spain, bears an inscription which appears to be dedicated to the invincible Mithras.

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

The Hekataion of Sidon shows a triple Hekate surrounded by three dancing nymphs.

The relief of Aion from Vienne includes a naked youth in Phrygian cap holding the reins of a horse.

This lost monument from Malaga, Spain, to Dominus Invictus has been linked to the cult of Mithras, although there is not enough evidence.

This relief of Mithras as bull slayer is surrounded by Cautes and Cautopates with their usual torch plus an oval object.

It is not certain that the marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was found on Capri, in the cave of Matromania, where a Mithraeum could have been established.

This sandstone altar was dedicated to Luna, who is mentioned as a male deity.

This Aion is known for wearing a Kalathos on his lion’s head, linking him to the syncretic Sarapis.

This Mithras killing the bull belonged to the sculptor V. Pancetti before being exhibited in the Vatican Museums under Pius VI.

According to the scarcely detailed design of von Sacken, the lay-out of the temple must have been nearly semi-circular.

This fragment of a double relief shows a tauroctony on one side and the sacred meal, including a serving Corax, on the other.

The Tauroctony from Landerburg, Germany, shows a naked Mithras only accompanied by his fellow Cautes.

Terracotta tablets depicting a Taurombolium by Attis which might be at the origins of the mithraic Tauroctony iconography.

The v in this small altar found in Novaria has been interpreted by some commentators as qualifying Mithras as victorious.

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

The floor mosaic of the Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres, which gives its name to the temple, depicts a dagger.

In this fresco from Dura Europos, Mithras is represented as a hunter accompanied by the lion and the serpent.