The New Mithraeum Database

The Tauroctony of Nicopolis ad Istrum is unique as it is the only Mithraic stele befitting a Greek donor.

Late Roman senator, public augur and Mithraic pater active in the second half of the fourth century CE.

This large limestone fragment from Roman Salona preserves the hind part of the bull together with Mithras’ foot and traces of his red tunic.

This inscription shows that Publilius Ceionius, most distinguished man, dedicated a temple to Mithras at Mila, in the modern Constantina, Algeria.

This relief of Mithras killing the bull includes an unusual owl at the feet of Cautopates and a cock next to Cautes.

Corax Materninius Faustinus dedicated other monuments found in the same Mithraeum in Gimmeldingen.

This lost monument from Malaga, Spain, to Dominus Invictus has been linked to the cult of Mithras, although there is not enough evidence.

The statue was dedicated to Mercury Quillenius, an epithet used to refer to a Celtic god or the Greek Kulúvios.

Its base is partially broken, so it is unclear if the figure was standing on a globe, an expected position, or not.

This relief of Mithras as a bullkiller found at Vratnitsa, near Lisicici in northern Macedonia, was signed by a certain Menander Aphrodisieus.

The City of Darkness unique fresco from the Mithraeum of Hawarte shows the tightest links between the western and eastern worship of Mithras in Roman Syria.

This painting depicts an Iranian knight holding in a chain a black naked figure with two heads.

Altar for Cautopates.

The Mithraeum was housed in a cave. The vault is almost dome-shaped and in front of the cave there is enough space for a possible adjacent temple.

The Hekataion of Sidon, which depicts Hekate in her trimorphic form surrounded by three dancing girls, is the only example found to date in connection with the Mithraic cult.

I live in Portland Oregon and spend my time designing and crafting masks, fabrics and regalia for ritual spaces and seasonal processions.

On what Hekate’s name may or may not tell us, and why the uncertainty matters.

The Mithraeum of Sidon may have escaped destruction because the Mithras worshippers walled up the entrance to the underground sanctuary.

Thinking of forming a weekly group for those in the Anglosphere(USA, Canada, UK, Australia and NZ) to have a webcam call, discuss all things related to Mithras and form friends sharing a niche interest:)

Dominique Persoons proposes a reconstruction of Mithraic ritual based on archaeological remains, frescoes, and zodiacal symbolism. He interprets the mithraeum as a liturgical microcosm governing the descent, purification, and ascent of souls.