The New Mithraeum Database

Marble group of Mithras slaying the bull, formerly sold by Antiquarium Ltd., New York.

This damaged relief of Mithras killing the bull found in 1804 and formerly exposed at Gap, is now lost.

In the Tauroctony of Hermopolis, Cautes and Cautopates are placed over two columns at each side of the sacrifice.

This statue of the god lion-head was found in Memphis, Egypt.

Of this great relief of Mithras slaying the bull only a few segments remain.

Exceptional sculpture of a lion devouring a bull’s head founded in 1894 in Carnuntum, Pannonia.

Several figures related to the Mysteries of Mithras are depicted on the mosaics of the Mithraeum of the Animals.

The City of Darkness unique fresco from the Mithraeum of Hawarte shows the tightest links between the western and eastern worship of Mithras in Roman Syria.

This marble statuette from Ostia depicts Cautopates lowering his torch beside a tapering rock associated with Mithras’ birth from stone.

Relief of Mithras killing the bull with an inscription from a certain Aurelius Macer who dedicates it to Sol Invictus Mithras.

The inscription pays homage to the emperor, probably Caracalla, to Mithras, the fathers, the petitor and the syndexioi.

This white marble relief depicting a lion-headed figure from Ostia is now exposed at the Musei Vaticani.

White marble statue of Cautopates with crossed legs, accompanied by an owl beside a tree trunk.

White marble statue of Cautopates found in Rome.

Lion-head god with traces of red paint found in Rome.

This bronze arm, with stars and a swastika, was once thought to be part of a Mithras statuette but has since been dismissed as unrelated to the Mithras cult.

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

Small triangular slab bearing a Latin inscription referring to Sol Invictus and to a sacred cave, probably dating to the 4th century AD.

Marble votive altar with inscription to Mithras, featuring coiled, fan-like motifs above the text and associated with the statio Enensis.

Sandstone relief of Mithras killing the bull, broken in two parts and partly restored, with dog, serpent and scorpion preserved; formerly in Vienna, now on loan to the Museum Carnuntinum.