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Monumentum

Mithraic Sol altar with backlight of Bingen
The altar of the Sun god belongs to the typology of the openwork altar to be illuminated from behind.
TNMM387 – CIMRM 1241, 1242
In h(onorem) d(omus) d(ivinae) Soli / invicto Mitrae (sic!) / aram Privati Se/cundinus et Ter/tinus et Confinis / ex voto Privati / Tertini v(otum) s(olverunt) l(aeti) l(ibentes) m(erito)
Mithraeum

Mithräum II von Bingen
A possible Mithraeum II was found in Bingen, but the few remains are not sufficient to prove it.
TNMM354 – CIMRM 1245
Monumentum

Cautes and Cautopates of Marquise
The two fellows of Mithras from Marquise, Boulogne-sur-Mer, are fully naked but for the cloak and the Phrygian cap.
TNMM299 – CIMRM 951
Monumentum

Aion from Nida
This lion-headed figure from Nida, present-day Frankfurt-Heddernheim, holds a key and a shovel in his hands.
TNMM277
Monumentum

Aion of Hedderneheim
The lion-headed statue of Hedderneheim is a reconstruction from fragments of two different sculptures.
TNMM238 – CIMRM 1138
Monumentum

Cautes and Cautopates from Mithraeum III of Heddernheim
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
Monumentum

Tauroctony from the Mithraeum III of Nida
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
Monumentum

Feast scene with Mithras and Sol from Ladenburg
A naked Sol leans over his fellow Mithras while raising his drinking-horn during the sacred feast.
TNMM291
Mithraeum

Mithräum von Wiesloch
The first members of the Wiesloch Mithraeum may have been veterans from Ladenburg and Heidelberg.
TNMM66
Monumentum

Relief of a round platter with food of Ladenburg
The iconography of the platter of Ladenburg might evoke the food consumed during Mithraic banquets.
TNMM405
Monumentum

Cantharus to Deo Invicto of Trier
The cantharus of Trier is reminiscent of the crater that often appears in tauroctony scenes collecting the blood from the slaughtered animal.
TNMM404
Monumentum

Lion of Les Bolards
The lion sculpture found near the entrance of the Mithraeum at Les Bolards is unique in its genre.
TNMM374 – CIMRM 921
Monumentum

Ceremonial sword of Riegel
The Mithraic sword found in the Riegel Mithraeum may have been used as a prop during rituals.
TNMM395
Mithraeum

Mithräum von Karlsruhe
TNMM50
Mithraeum

Mithräum von Ladenburg
TNMM71
Mithraeum

Mithräum von Ober-Florstadt
TNMM88
Mithraeum

Mithréum de Vieu
TNMM93
Mithraeum

Mithréum de Chardonchamp
TNMM188
Monumentum

CIMRM 813
Fragment of a white marble statue (H. 0.35 Br. 0.27).
TNMM1251 – CIMRM 813
Monumentum

CIMRM 877
Esp.
TNMM1292 – CIMRM 877