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The New Mithraeum Database

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Locus

Pons Aelius (Newcastle upon Tyne)

Pons Aelius, or Newcastle Roman Fort, was an auxiliary castra and small Roman settlement on Hadrian's Wall in the Roman province of Britannia Inferior, situated on the north bank of the River Tyne close to the centre of present-day Newcastle upon Tyn

Monumentum

Cautes from Newcastle

This limestone statue of Cautes is now exposed at Great North Museum of Newcastle.

Monumentum

Inscription to Sol Apollo Anicetus from Rudchester

Fragmentary inscription from Vindobala preserving a rare dedication to “Sol Apollo Anicetus” within a Mithraic context on Hadrian’s Wall.

Monumentum

Altar of Carrawburgh by Antonius Proculus

One of the three altars to Mithras found at the Mithraeum of Carrawburgh fort.

Monumentum

Altar of Carrawburgh by Aulus Cluentius

One of the three altars to Mithras found at the Mithraeum of Carrawburgh fort.

Monumentum

Mithras rock-born from Housesteads

A naked Mithra emerges from the cosmic egg surrounded by the zodiac, as always carrying a torch and a dagger.

Monumentum

Mithras-Sol Altar from the Carrawburgh

One of the altars from the Carrawburgh Mithraeum depicts the bust of Mithras or Sol.

Monumentum

Altar with Phrygian caps from Mithraeum I, Carnuntum

Sandstone altar from Mithraeum I at Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, decorated on each lateral face with a Phrygian cap upon a dagger — a distinctive Mithraic iconographic pairing — and bearing an inscription on the front.

Monumentum

Cult vessel with snake representations of St. Egyden

Upon first examination, archaeologists interpreted the inscription on the cult vessel from Gradishje as referencing Mithras, though it has since been re-evaluated.

Socius

Janus Ultor

Socius

Louis Dupont

Monumentum

Cautes Borcovicus

The head this statue of Cautes from Carrawburgh has been lost.

Socius

Andy Fear

Lecturer in Ancient History

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