The New Mithraeum Database

Mithraic material whose correct archaeological attribution belongs to Regio XII of ancient Rome.

Two painted decorative phases from the Santa Prisca Mithraeum whose figures became clearer after later conservation work.

Archaeological remains connected with the Praetorian camp and the presence of Mithraic worship among the imperial guard.

Inscription now preserved in the Palazzo Ducale of Urbino whose wording may point to the existence of a Mithraic community.

Group of nearby religious dedications associated with soldiers of the Legio III Augusta and the wider sacred landscape around the Mithraeum.

Dedication for the safety of the provincial governor erected by an actarius and notarius within the Mithraic sanctuary of Lambaesis.

Marble slab fragment from Steklen, ancient Novae in Moesia Inferior, depicting Mithras and Sol in a two-horse chariot with the bust of Oceanus above.

Fragment of a relief from Romula, Dacia, preserving the right foot of Mithras placed on a hoof of the bull.

Inscription from Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, dedicated to Soli invicto by Lucius Domitius Primanus.

Fragment of an altar from Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving only the opening of a dedication to Deo invicto Mithrae.

Upper portion of a white marble column from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, bearing the abbreviated dedication to Soli invicto Mithrae.

Marble fragment from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving a head of Mithras in Phrygian cap; a small elevation at the side may be the shoulder of a torchbearer.

Marble relief fragment from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving a very fine head of Mithras in Phrygian cap — described by Kiraly as among the best-executed heads from the sanctuary.

Fragment of a white limestone relief from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the dressed bust of Sol and beside him a sitting Mithras visible to the knees, with an arch above.

Fragment of a yellowish marble relief from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the left upper corner with the bust of Sol and below it Mithras riding the bull.

Fragment of a bluish marble tauroctony from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the left upper corner with the bust of Sol and beside it the upper part of a person in Phrygian cap — probably Mithras as an archer.

Small marble relief fragment from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the head of Mithras in Phrygian cap.

Two greyish marble fragments from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the torso of Mithras in tunic and cloak killing the bull with his right hand.

Three greyish marble tauroctony fragments from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the head of Mithras and the bull and parts of the subsidiary scenes.

Yellowish marble tauroctony in two fragments from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, executed in a primitive style with the bull represented obliquely.