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The New Mithraeum Database

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

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Monumentum

CIMRM 438

Fragment of a small, white marble relief (H. 0.11 Br. 0.13 D. 0.05).

 
Monumentum

CIMRM 398

White marble statue (H. 0.50), found in the Castra Pretoria in 1882.

 
Monumentum

CIMRM 372

Marble relief (H. 0.43 Br. 0.85 D. 0.065), of which the left lower corner is missing.

 
Monumentum

CIMRM 206

Inscription from Antium, found at San Donato in 1884.

 
Monumentum

CIMRM 173

Greyish marble relief (H. 0.84 Br. 0.99 D. 0.07), probably from Naples.

 
Monumentum

CIMRM 64

, Scratched on a piece of wall plaster.

 
Monumentum

CIMRM 16

During excavations at Boghaz-Koi in 1907 clay tablets were found on which a treaty concluded between Chatti and Mitanni in the 14th century B.

 
Monumentum

Tauroctony from York

This stone in basso relief of Mithras killing the bull was found 10 foot underground in Micklegate York in 1747.

 
Locus

Constantinopolis

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.

 
Locus

Lanuvium

Lanuvium (modern Lanuvio) was an ancient city of Latium Vetus, about 32 km southeast of Rome. A member of the Latin League, it was conquered by Rome in 338 BC and remained an active municipium into the Imperial period.

 
Monumentum

CIMRM 635

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

 
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.

 
Monumentum

Altar of Rufius Caeionius Sabinus

In this 4th-century Roman altar, the senator Rufius Caeionius Sabinus defines himself as Pater of the sacred rites of the unconquered Mithras, having undergone the taurobolium.

 
Monumentum

Altar of Vettius Agrorius Praetextatus

The marble altar mentions Vettius Agrorius Praetextatus as Pater Sacrorum and Patrum and his wife Aconia Fabia Paulina.

 
Monumentum

Head of Sol / Helios intarsio from Sant Prisca

The intarsium of Sol found in the Mithraeum of Santa Prisca is composed of several varieties of marble.

 
Monumentum

Tauroctony from Quirinale

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

 
Monumentum

Inscription of Santi Marcellino e Pietro al Laterano

This inscription mentions a Pater for the first known time.

 
Monumentum

Cautes and Cautopates of Stockstadt

Reliefs of Cautes and Cautopates dedicated by Florius Florentius of Saalburg and Ancarinius Severus.

 
Monumentum

Votive plaque of Stockstadt

This plaque was found in Mithraeum I at Stockstadt broken into pieces inserted between the blocks of the socle of the cult relief, in the manner of a votive deposit.

 
Monumentum

Tauroctony from Santa Prisca

Even if only a few fragments remain, it is very likely that the main niche of the Mitreo di Santa Prisca contained the usual representation of Mithras killing the bull.

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