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The New Mithraeum Database

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Small marble cippus of C. Atilius Bassus from the Mitreo degli Animali

Small marble cippus dedicated by C. Atilius Bassus, freedman and apparator of a priest of the Great Mother, to Silvanus dendrophoris, from the Mitreo degli Animali at Ostia.

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Tauroctony from Capri

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.

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Inscription of Luccei Felicis proc. from Sarmizegetusa

Fragmentary inscription from Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, recording a dedication by a freedman for the welfare of Marcus Lucceius Felix, procurator Augusti.

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Tauroctony relief with raven on cloak from Stix-Neusiedl

White marble tauroctony relief from Stix-Neusiedl, Pannonia Superior, depicting Mithras killing the bull with the raven perched on the rim of the god's flying cloak — an unusual detail placing the raven on the cloak rather than on the grotto border…

Monumentum

Tauroctony relief from Virunum

Three Italian marble fragments from the Zollfeld at Virunum, Noricum, forming a tauroctony relief; the iconography is well preserved and the use of imported Italian marble reflects the high status of the dedicants.

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Lying lion from Mithraeum II, Heddernheim

Red sandstone statue of a lying lion with a hollow channel running through its body, from Mithraeum II at Heddernheim, ancient Nida

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Twin column bases from Heddernheim

Pair of sandstone bases with small columns on the front, carved with a staircase on the reverse, from Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida

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Hexagonal altar from Heddernheim

Unusual hexagonal sandstone altar from Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, with six decorated sides of cult significance

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Altar with snake from Heddernheim

Small sandstone altar from Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, bearing a snake and cult imagery consistent with Mithraic worship

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Rock-birth of Mithras from Heddernheim

Red sandstone statue from Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, depicting the young naked Mithras with curly hair being born from the rock

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Altar with Phrygian cap from Heddernheim

Sandstone altar from Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, decorated on one side with the representation of a Phrygian cap

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White marble tauroctony from Heddernheim

Small tauroctony relief in white marble, preserved in five fragments, from Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida

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Mithäum II von Heddernheim

Second Mithraic sanctuary discovered in 1826 some 150 metres west of Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, with finds in the Wiesbaden museum.

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Mithräum I von Heddernheim

First Mithraic sanctuary discovered at Heddernheim (ancient Nida) in 1826, with finds preserved in the Städtisches Museum at Wiesbaden.

Monumentum

Red sandstone tauroctony from Heddernheim

Relief in red sandstone originally standing on a base in Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, featuring the bull-slaying scene.

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Tauroctony from Ottaviano Zeno

In this relief of Mithras as bull slayer, recorded in 1562 in the collection of A. Magarozzi, Cautes and Cautopates have been replaced by trees still bearing the torches.

Socius

Laurent Bricault

Professeur d’histoire romaine à l’Université de Toulouse Jean-Jaurès.

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Mithréum d’Angers

The Mithraeum of Angers, excavated during a preventive operation and subsequently dismantled in 2010, yielded numerous objects, including coins, oil lamps, and a ceramic vessel bearing a votive inscription to the invincible god Mithras.

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Pylades

A vicarius of the imperial household dedicated to Mithras in Roman Angers.

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Altar to Sol Invictus Mithras from Rome

Marble altar dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras, found in Rome (in aedibus Maffaeiorum), set up in 183 A.D. by M. Ulpius Maximus, praepositus tabellariorum, together with its ornaments and Mithraic insignia, in fulfilment of a vow.

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