The New Mithraeum Database

The Tauroctony relief of Mithras killing the bull walled in the Cortile of the Belvedered, Vatican City, was found by Fagan near Ostia.

Our modern understanding of Mithraism, though, depends largely on a few short (and very problematic) literary mentions, mostly written by the cult’s Christian rivals.

Between the 1st and 4th centuries, Mithraism developed throughout the Roman world. Much material exists, but textual evidence is scarce. The only ancient work that fills this gap is Porphyry’s intense and complex essay.

This sculpture of Mithras sacrificing the bull was found in the Quirinal and is now on display in the Musei Capitolini.

In the mithraic relief of Entrains, the god Sol is depicted riding his chariot together with Luna and a krater surrounded by a serpent.

This black marble of Mithras killing the Bull has belonged to the sculptor Carlo Albacini.

La Domus de Mitreo y el Centro Arqueolóxico de San Roque muestran otra cara del viejo Lugo

L’Inrap vient de mettre au jour un lieu de culte dédié au dieu Mithra sur le site de Mariana, à Lucciana, France.

How a rock relief in western Iran, carved during the time of the Sasanian Persian Empire (AD 224-651), has been re-imagined over the centuries.

Fragment of a white marble head (H. 0.15).

A bronze votive slab (Br. 0.12), found at Heiligkreuz in a hill and in the neigh- bourhood of a well.

Folium argenteum, rep.

1) Right upper comer of a stone relief (H. 0.27 Br. 0.22 D. 0.14).

Fragment of a limestone relief (H. 0.30 Br. 0.40 D. 0.09).

Fragment of a stone relief (H. 0.15 Br. 0.24 D. 0.13).

A fragment of a stone relief (H. 0.22 Br. 0.21 D. 0.13).

A fragment of a stone relief, broken in two pieces (H. 0.31 Br. 0.35 D. 0.03).

Fragment of a white stone relief (H. 0.23 Br. 0.29 D. 0.12).

Fragment of a pebble relief (H. 0.32 Br. 0.31 D. 0.13).