The New Mithraeum Database

Marble head.

Marble lion's head, which was fastened into a wall because the marble of the backside ends into a flat square (Visconti, 171; MMM 243, 1).

Fragment of a relief (H. 0.63), found at Labicum "nella vigna di Luigi Domi- nicis, situata fra Colonna e la strada corriera" in the ruins of an Roman villa.

Of two persons only the heads and parts of the white tunica are visible.

At Volubilis not far from the fountain, in which the aquaduct of Fertassa emptied itself, two inscriptions dedicated to Mithras have been found.

Walled up in a wall of the mosque Sidi Abd-el-Kader at Affreville.

Inscription on a marble plate, found at Bir Haddada.

Two small altars, found at Sidi Adi bel-Kassem.

Marble head (H. 0.15), found under the threshold of the Iseum at Cyrene.

Head in limestone (H. 0.105) found at Egypt (Alexandria ?): Tiibingen, Inv.

Badly damaged fragment of a statuette in limestone (H. 0.25).

"On this same bench, where the banquet scene was found, and adhering to the south wall (fig. 12, II), were many fragments of plaster decorated with green leaves and tree branches" (Report, 104).

"Several heads were found of such a large scale that they must have belonged to fairly large paintings" (See fig. 12, IO) (Report, 104).

The soffit or reveal of the arched niche had been decorated with white stars on a blue background.

The sepulchral inscriptions of Lycaonia on which the titles AECJ)V and occur do not mention any Mithraic grades, as Rhode thought.

Exceptional sculpture of a lion devouring a bull's head founded in 1894 in Carnuntum, Pannonia.

Founded on the site of ancient Byzantium and refounded in 330 CE, Constantinopolis became an imperial residence in the eastern Roman Empire. In the 4th century, it was a key setting for interaction between traditional cults and Christian authority.

Professional author with a special interest in Greco-Roman ritual and sacred landscapes, art and philosophy.