This site uses cookies to offer you a better browsing experience.
Find out more on how we use cookies in our privacy policy.

 
Quaere

The New Mithraeum Database

Find news, articles, monuments, persons, books and videos related to the Cult of Mithras

Your search Roman cemetery of St. Matthias gave 3406 results.

Monumentum

Sol bust corner from Cinçsor

Left upper corner of a marble tauroctony relief from Cinçsor, Dacia, preserving the bust of Sol with a whip and underneath it the head of a torchbearer.

Monumentum

Altar of Aurelius Chrestus to Bono Puero from Apulum

Inscription from Apulum, Dacia, dedicated to Bono Puero by Aurelius Chrestus — one of several dedications to the Bonus Puer from Apulum with Mithraic associations.

Monumentum

Rock-birth statue from Apulum

Sandstone rock-birth statue from Apulum, Dacia, depicting the naked Mithras emerging from a rock encircled by a snake; head and arms are lost.

Monumentum

Lost tauroctony relief from Apulum

Lost tauroctony relief from Apulum, Dacia, formerly at the Palace of the Prince at Alba Julia, recorded only in early modern sources.

Monumentum

Statues of man and woman from Apulum

Statues of a man and a woman from the same Mithraic context at Apulum, Dacia; no further details are known.

Monumentum

Rock-birth statue from Mureș Port

Dark sandstone statue from Mureș Port, Dacia, depicting Mithras's rock-birth with the rock encircled by a serpent; the statue's attribution to Mureș Port rather than Apulum is uncertain.

Monumentum

Altar of an Augustalis from Mureș Port

Limestone altar from Mureș Port near Apulum, Dacia, dedicated to Invicto Mithrae; the dedicant is identified only as Augustalis (coloniae?).

Monumentum

Tauroctony relief fragment from Turda castrum

Marble relief fragment found in the Turda castrum in 1954, Dacia, preserving the bust of Sol in the upper left corner and Mithras grasping the bull; remnants of a wreath are visible in the upper right.

Monumentum

Altar of the Augustales from Cluj

Limestone altar from Cluj, ancient Napoca in Dacia, dedicated to Soli invicto Mithrae for the welfare of the ordo Augustalis.

Monumentum

Standing figure relief from Salona

Right upper portion of a limestone relief from Salona or its surroundings, Dalmatia, depicting a standing figure — probably a torchbearer or divine attendant.

Monumentum

Sol bust fragment from Salona

Left upper corner of a white marble relief from Salona, Dalmatia, found in 1895, preserving the bust of Sol in radiate crown.

Monumentum

Reference to Cautopates statuette from Rácálmas

Reference to a Cautopates statuette with inscription from Rácálmas near Intercisa, Pannonia Inferior, preserved at Székesfehérvár; the publication cited was inaccessible to the author.

Monumentum

Cautopates statue from Intercisa

Marble statue from Intercisa, Pannonia Inferior, depicting Cautopates in Oriental dress and a high Phrygian cap, walking.

Monumentum

Altar fragment for temple restoration from Sárkeszi

Limestone altar fragment from the Mithraeum at Sárkeszi, Pannonia Inferior, recording the restoration of a templum that had collapsed through age.

Monumentum

Torchbearer statues from Brigetio

Fragments of two painted torchbearer statues from the Mithraeum at Brigetio, Pannonia Superior, including a Phrygian-capped head and fragments of garments and hands.

Monumentum

Base of Marcus Ulpius Castrensis to Cautopates from Brigetio

Lost base from the Mithraeum at Brigetio, Pannonia Superior, dedicated jointly to Cautopates and Invicto deo by Marcus Ulpius Castrensis, veteran of Legio I Adiutrix; a companion piece to the preceding Cautes dedication.

Monumentum

Base of Marcus Ulpius Castrensis to Cautes from Brigetio

Lost base from the Mithraeum at Brigetio, Pannonia Superior, dedicated to Cautes by Marcus Ulpius Castrensis, veteran of Legio I Adiutrix; dated to the early third century.

Monumentum

Altar of Ulpius Vitalis pancrestarius from Carnuntum

Votive altar from Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, dedicated to Deo invicto Mithrae sacrum by Ulpius Vitalis pancrestarius — a term denoting an athlete or performer, possibly in the context of Mithraic initiation rites.

Monumentum

Lost altar to Soli invicto deo from Carnuntum

Lost sandstone altar from Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, dedicated to Soli invicto deo.

Monumentum

Sandstone shell basin from Mithraeum III, Carnuntum

Sandstone shell from Mithraeum III at Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, probably mounted on a base and serving as a cult water basin.

Back to Top