The New Mithraeum Database

Fragment of a bull-killing relief showing Mithras, the torchbearer Cautes with upraised torch, and the bust of Luna, found at Labicum in the ruins of a Roman villa.

Inscription of the cohorts of Legion II Herculiae dedicated to Deus Invictus Mithras, dated after 285 A.D., from the Ager Sitifensis.

Punic ex-voto to Tanit bearing the formula 'Meqim Elim Mithrahastarni', tentatively interpreted as a Mithras reference but pre-dating the Roman cult.

Lower part of a white marble cinerary casket decorated with a relief of Mithras killing the bull, from the necropolis area near the amphitheatre of Sabratha.

Rough-hewn statuette found at Emir Ghasi in Lycaonia, once thought to represent a Mithraic soldier; according to Cumont, a modern forgery.

Rock inscription of Sagarios, strategus of Ariaramneia, recording a Mithraic ceremony near Farasha (ancient Ariaramneia), Cappadocia, likely 1st century A.D.

Marble funerary stele dedicated to the soldier Aurelius Lucanus, a devotee of Mithras, found at Amasya (ancient Amasia), Pontus.

This white marble statue of the rock-birth from Cibinium in Roman Dacia is one of the largest known Mithraic sculptures from the Danubian provinces.

Marble altar from Thessalonike, Macedonia, with a dedication on the front and a pedum on the left side and a caduceus on the right — attributes associated with Mithraic cult furniture.

Marble head from the south-west walls of Thasos, Macedonia, found in 1920, with long curly hair, Phrygian cap, and a pathetic expression; possibly Mithras or Attis.

Stone from Durrës, ancient Dyrrachium in Macedonia, dedicated to Soli aeterno by Marcus Laelius Aquila, sacerdos; the name Aquila may correspond to a Mithraic grade.

Lower part of a marble tauroctony relief from Sinitovo, Thracia, found walled into a well, depicting the lower portion of the bull-slaying scene; the Greek inscription in the lower border records a thanksgiving to Helios Mithras invictos.

Marble tauroctony relief fragment from near Dolna-Malina, Thracia, depicting part of Mithras as bull-slayer together with Cautopates; no further details are available.

Rough relief from Gaganica, Thracia, depicting Mithras as bull-slayer in an unusual frontal attitude, wearing only a shoulder-cape and holding the dagger upwards; with dog, serpent, scorpion, and a non-cross-legged Cautes.

Limestone tauroctony relief from Virovsko near Vratsa, Thracia, depicting Mithras killing the bull with dog and raven, flanked by torchbearers, with Sol and Luna busts in the upper corners.

Inscription from Dionysopolis, Moesia Inferior, dedicated to Invicto Mithrae by Quintus Samacius Serenus, architectus salariarius of Legio XI Claudia.

Small sandstone altar with red-painted lettering from the Mithraeum at Tirgușor, Moesia Inferior, dedicated by Horimos to the god Caute; the last letters of the inscription are uncertain.

Small sandstone altar with red-painted lettering from the Mithraeum at Tirgușor, Moesia Inferior, dedicated to the god by Horimos.

Sandstone tauroctony relief with pediment from the Mithraeum at Tirgușor, Moesia Inferior, depicting the bull-slaying with two cross-legged torchbearers both holding their torches upraised and Sol and Luna busts in the upper corners; no dog or scorpion.

Limestone base from the Mithraeum at Tirgușor, Moesia Inferior, bearing a Greek inscription dedicated to the invincible Mithras by Flavius Horimos.