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Liber

Die Religion des Mithra. Bilderatlas zur Religionsgeschichte (1924)
Monumentum

Heracles captures the Golden Hind of Artemis
Relief of Heracles/Hercules capturing the Golden Hind of Artemis.
TNMM326
Monumentum

Aion of Villa Albani
White marble statue of Lion-head god of time, formerly in the Villa Albani, nowadays in the Musei Vaticani.
TNMM123 – CIMRM 545
Monumentum

Fresco scene from Mitreo of Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Fresco showing a scene of initiation into the mysteries of Mithras in the Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere.
TNMM234 – CIMRM 188
Monumentum

Initiation scene from Capua Vetere
Fresco depicting an initiation scene from the Mithraeum of Capua Vetere.
TNMM898 – CIMRM 194
Monumentum

CIMRM 3
A gold coin depicting a bearded god with a crescent facing another god with a nimbus and a radiate crown, identified as Mithras by Vermaseren.
TNMM807 – CIMRM 3
Monumentum

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.
TNMM761 – CIMRM 1111
Monumentum

Two-sided relief from Konjic
The mithraic relief of Konjic shows a Tauroctony in one side and a ritual meal in the other.
TNMM259 – CIMRM 1896
Deo Soli inv[ict]o Meter[ae].
Monumentum

Lion-headed Aion from Sidon
The controversial Italian journalist Edmon Durighello discovered this marble statue of a young naked Aion in 1887.
TNMM157 – CIMRM 78, 79
Φλ. Γερόντιος, πατὴρ νόμιμος, ἀνεϑέμην τῷ φ̕ ἔτι.
Monumentum

Two-sided relief of Dieburg
The relief of Dieburg shows Mithras riding a horse as main figure, surrounded by several scenes of the myth.
TNMM231 – CIMRM 1247
[Side A:] D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / Silves/trius / Silvi/nius et Silvestrius Pe[rpetus et A]urelius nepos / v(otum) s(olverunt) l(ibentes) l(aeti) m(erito). / Perpetus fra/te[r] artis sutor(iae). …
Monumentum

Prostrate figure fresco of Capua Vetere
Representation of a person lying prostrate on the ground between two other walking figures on the Mitreo of Santa Capua Vetere.
TNMM736 – CIMRM 193
Monumentum

Tauroctony sculpture in the Sala dei Animali
This Mithras killing the bull belonged to the sculptor V. Pancetti before being exhibited in the Vatican Museums under Pius VI.
TNMM208 – CIMRM 548
Monumentum

Tauroctony relief of Sidon
The tauroctony relief of Sidon depicts the signs of the zodiac and the four seasons, among other familiar features.
TNMM142 – CIMRM 75
Monumentum

Mithras pantocrator of the Villa Altieri
This unusual representation of Mithras standing on a bull was kept in the Casino di Villa Altieri sul Monte Esquilino until the 19th century.
TNMM475 – CIMRM 334
Monumentum

Aion from Muti's gardens
The lion-headed marble from Muti's gardens has a serpent entwined in four coils around his body.
TNMM296 – CIMRM 551
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Neuenheim
The Tauroctony relief of Neuenheim, Heidelberg, includes several scenes from the deeds of Mithras and other gods.
TNMM205 – CIMRM 1283
Monumentum

Mithras riding a horse from Neuenheim
Mithras galloping, in a cypress forest, carrying a globe in one hand and accompanied by a lion and a snake.
TNMM177 – CIMRM 1289
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of the Baths of Caracalla
The Mitreo delle terme di Caracalla is one of the largest temples dedicated to Mithras ever found in Rome.
TNMM16 – CIMRM 457
Monumentum

Coin of the Kushan Emperor Kanishka I
This gold coin depicts Kanishka I on one side and Mithras standing on the other side.
TNMM554 – CIMRM 1
MIOPO
Monumentum

Antiochus I shakes hands with Mithras
Antiochus I of Commagene shakes Mithras hands in this relief from the Nemrut Dagi temple.
TNMM134 – CIMRM 30