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The New Mithraeum Database

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CIMRM 880

This lamp, depicting a man slicing his victim into pieces with a sword, was believed to be associated with the Cult of Mithras.

 
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Terra sigillata bowl depicting the Mithraic cult meal from Trier

This terra sigillata was found in 1926 in a grave on the Roman cemetery of St. Matthias, Trier. An eyelet indicates that it could have been hung on a wall.

 
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Petrogeny with hand on head from Nida

This sculpture of Mithras being born from a rock is unique in the position of the hands, one on his head, the other on the rock.

 
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Tauroctony from Strasbourg

These fragments of a monumental relief of Mithras killing the bull from Koenigshoffen were reassembled and are now on display at the Musée Archéologique de Strasbourg.

 
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Tauroctony from Osterburken

Franz Cumont considers the bas relief of Osterburken ’the most remarkable of all the monuments of the cult of Mithras found up to now’.

 
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Tauroctony from the Mithräum von Heddernheim

This relief is so well-known that it has been reproduced in nearly every handbook of archaeology and of history of religions.

 
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Two-sided relief from Rückingen

This remarkable double-sided relief depicts the myth of Mithras and the Tauroctony on one side, and a scene of Mithras the hunter and the banquet of Mithras and the Sol on the other.

 
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Inscriptions of Eauze

Several inscriptions dedicated to Mithras have been found in Eauze, including these two by a certain Pater Sextus Vervicius Eutyches, discovered in 1768.

 
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Cautopates de Bordeaux

The Cautopates of Bordeaux stands as usual with his legs crossed and arms down.

 
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Altar to Semele from Cologne

This sandstone altar found in Cologne bears an inscription to the goddess Semele and her sisters.

 
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Inscription to Mithras by Claudius Romanius from Köln

Votive inscription dedicated to Mithras by the veteran soldier Tiberius Claudius Romanius, from the Mithraeum II Köln, 3rd century.

 
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Mithräum II von Köln

A second Mithraeum was found in Cologne described by R. L. Grodon as of ’small importance’.

 
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Mithräum II von Güglingen

Two Mithras sanctuaries, which were located on the edge of the settlement, were excavated in Güglingen.

 
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Mithräum von Trier

The Trier Mithräum was discovered during work on the city’s new fire station. The findings included a Cautes limestone relief.

 
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CIMRM 878

White marble relief, found near Aix "a la Torse dans un enclos ayant appartenu à la famille de Colonia".

 
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Mithräum von Mundelsheim

The two altars found in the Mithraeum of Mundelsheim one of Sol and the other of Luna, are exposed in situ.

 
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Altars of Sol and Luna from Mundelsheim

The altars of the gods of the Sun and Moon found in the Mithraeum of Mundelsheim wear openwork segments that could be lighten from behind.

 
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Mithréum d’Orbe-Boscéaz

The site of Orbe-Boscéaz, Switzerland, also known as Boscéay, is renowned for its mosaics and mithraic temple.

 
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Mithräum von Dieburg

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

 
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Mithräum I von Güglingen

Mithraeum I in Güglingen, Landkreis Heilbronn (Baden-Württemberg).

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