The New Mithraeum Database

Monumentum

Aion of Villa Albani

White marble statue of Lion-head god of time, formerly in the Villa Albani, nowadays in the Musei Vaticani.

TNMM123 – CIMRM 545

Monumentum

CIMRM 418

Reperta in ascensu Capitolii.

TNMM996 – CIMRM 418

Soli sacr(um) / C. Ducenius / C(aii) lib(ertus) Phoebus / filius Zenonis / natus in Suria / Nisybin liber / factus Romae / ex visu / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).

Monumentum

Procession Fresco from Santa Prisca

Figures in procession, each representing a different grade of Mithraic initiation, labeled with their respective titles.

TNMM115 – CIMRM 480

Nama [patribus] / ab oriente / ad occidente(m) / tutela Saturni. [Na]ma H[eliodromis] / tute[l]a S[ol]is. [Na]ma Persis / tutela [Mer]curis. Nama L[e]on[i]b[us] j tutela Iovis. Nama Militibus j tutela…

Monumentum

Tauroctony of the Mitreo delle terme di Mitra

The person who commanded the sculpture may have been M. Umbilius Criton, documented in the Mitreo della Planta Pedis.

TNMM108 – CIMRM 230, 231

Κρίτων / Ἀθηναιος / έποίει.

Monumentum

Raven from Stockstadt

The Stockstadt Raven is one of only two standing-alone sculptures of this bird to be found in Mithraic statuary.

TNMM410 – CIMRM 1192

Monumentum

Frescoes of lions at Santa Prisca

Procession of Leones carrying animals, bread, a krater, and other objects in preparation for a feast.

TNMM498 – CIMRM 481, 482

Nama Nicephoro leoni; nama Theodoro leoni. Nama Hel[io]doro leoni; Nama Gelasio leoni; Nama Phoebo leoni.

Monumentum

CIMRM 496

Upper part of a goddess Fortuna of marble from Luna.

TNMM1048 – CIMRM 496

Monumentum

CIMRM 639

Marble cippus with inscription.

TNMM1145 – CIMRM 639

Deo Soli envicto Mithre / Cautopati. . . . .. / D(eo) S(oli) e(nvicto) M(ithre) / Flavius .... / ...... / an. XIII. ... / cum omne . . . . / .... posuerunt.

Monumentum

CIMRM 635

Fragment of a marble relief (H. 0.27 Br. 0.38 D. 0.045).

TNMM1141 – CIMRM 635

Monumentum

Fresco of Mithras

Fresco of Mithras found in an arched niche above the right bench of the Baths of Caracalla’s Mithraeum in Rome.

TNMM1023 – CIMRM 459

Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Skikda

Many of the inscriptions and sculptures of the site were kept in a museum which has been destroyed.

TNMM92 – CIMRM 121

Monumentum

Giant from Santa Prisca

Partial relief of a Giant with snake-feet found in the Mithraeum of Santa Prisca.

TNMM1043 – CIMRM 491

Monumentum

Aion found in the Tiber

Fragment of a white statue depicting a naked god entwined by a serpent with its head on his chest, found in the River Tiber.

TNMM1054 – CIMRM 503

Monumentum

CIMRM 483

Continuation of the frescoes depicting an initiation into the Mithras cult, where two attendants present a repast to Mithras and Sol.

TNMM1035 – CIMRM 483

Monumentum

Tauroctony from Viale Latino

Partial marble statue of Mithras as a bullkiller found near Viale Latino, about 200 meters from Porta San Giovanni.

TNMM969 – CIMRM 374

Monumentum

Tauroctony from Salita delle Tre Pile

White marble relief depicting Mithras killing the bull, found broken in two parts in 1872 near Salita delle Tre Pile in Rome.

TNMM995 – CIMRM 417

Mithraeum

CIMRM 464

On the Aventine, between the Eastern side of S. Saba’s and the Via Salvator, there is a Roman building, which probably was used as a Mithraeum in the end of the 4th century.

TNMM1027 – CIMRM 464

Monumentum

The Acosolium of the Mysteries in the Hypogeum of Vibia

The epigrahy includes a mention of Marcus Aurelius, a priest of the god Sol Mithras, who bestowed joy and pleasure on his students.

TNMM602

Dis pater Aeracura // Fata divina // Mercurius / nuntius // Vibia Alcestis // Abreptio Vibi(a)es(!) et discensio // Septe(m) pii sacerdotes // Vincentius // Bonorum iudicio iudicati // Vibia //s quoib…

Monumentum

Major fresco of the Mitreo Barberini

The votive fresco from the Mithraeum Barberini displays several scenes from Mithras’s myth.

TNMM167 – CIMRM 390

Monumentum

Taurcotony of Nesce

The relief of Mithras slaying the bull of Nersae includes several episodes from the exploits of the solar god.

TNMM420 – CIMRM 650, 651

Apronianus rei p(ublicae) ark(arius) sua pecunia fecit.