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Monumentum

Tauroctony relief of Sarmizegetusa
This relief of Mithras slaying the bull incorporates the scene of the god carrying the bull and its birth from a rock.
TNMM432 – CIMRM 2063
Monumentum

Naked figure from Mérida
This sculpture may be a naked dadophorus, probably Cautopates.
TNMM243 – CIMRM 775
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Stixneusiedl
The Tauroctony of Stixneusiedl was found in ancient Pannonia Superior, currently Austria.
TNMM278 – CIMRM 1658
D(eo) In(victo) M(ithrae) S(oli) pro s(alute) Aug(ustorum) nn(ostrorum) L(ucii) Sep(timii) / Valerius et Valerianus sex(viri) col(oniae) K(arnunti) / v(otum) s(olverunt) l(ibentes) m(erito)
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

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
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

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
Monumentum

CIMRM 361
Pars superior parvae columnae marmoreae litteris saeculi secundi exeuntis vel tertii effossa ut videtur in Esquilino.
TNMM964 – CIMRM 361