The New Mithraeum Database

Three greyish marble tauroctony fragments from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the head of Mithras and the bull and parts of the subsidiary scenes.

Three fragments of a yellowish marble tauroctony from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, with the left upper corner showing Mithras's flying cloak and parts of the subsidiary scenes.

Bluish marble tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, depicting Mithras killing the bull with the dog, scorpion, and subsidiary scenes.

Seven fragments of a white marble tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, depicting the central bull-slaying with a rich programme of subsidiary Mithraic scenes.

Seven fragments of a marble tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving Mithras's breast, parts of the bull, and subsidiary scenes.

Bluish marble tauroctony relief in fragments from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, divided into horizontal registers with the central bull-slaying and multiple subsidiary Mithraic scenes.

White marble tauroctony relief in eleven fragments from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, divided into three horizontal registers, the central one depicting the bull-slaying and the others bearing subsidiary Mithraic scenes.

Group of unpublished marble reliefs found in 1906 at Cinçsor on the right bank of the river Alt, Dacia, probably associated with a Mithraic sanctuary.

Limestone capital reused as an altar at Apulum, Dacia, its top scraped off, bearing a dedication to Soli Mithrae by Aelius Gordianus.

Inscription from a house staircase at Salona, Dalmatia, dedicated to Deo Mithrae invicto and all the other immortal gods by a dedicant whose name ends in -elius.

Altar from Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior, dedicated to Soli invicto Mithrae by Titus Flavius Montanus as a dona — a gift rather than an ex voto.

Altar from Brigetio, Pannonia Superior, dedicated to Mithrae by Donnius.

Limestone altar from Brigetio, Pannonia Superior, dedicated to Invicto deo Mithrae by Masuininius Amicus, Augustalis of the Municipium Brigetionis Antoniniani.

Inscription from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, dedicated to Deo invicto Mithrae by Licinius Maximinus, miles of Legio II Italica.

This lion-headed figure from Nida, present-day Frankfurt-Heddernheim, holds a key and a shovel in his hands.

The Mithraeum of Tazoult / Lambèse is one of the best preserved Mithras’s temples in Africa.

These twin inscriptions found in the Mithraeum of Tazoult were dedicated by the legate Marcus Valerius Maximianus.

The colossal head has been identified as a solar god, Apollo-Mihr-Mithras-Helios-Hermes.

This dedicatory inscription by Aurelius Seleucus, found in Cilicia, aligns with Plutarch’s account of Cilician pirates performing foreign sacrifices and secret rites of Mithras.

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