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Monumentum

Tauroctony relief from Fellbach

Large grey sandstone tauroctony relief from Fellbach near Cannstatt, depicting the bull-slaying in a vaulted grotto with torchbearers, Sol, Luna, and subsidiary Mithraic scenes along the border.

Monumentum

Multi-register tauroctony relief from Niederbiber

Marble stele relief with bull-slaying scene and subsidiary Mithraic episodes including the sacred banquet.

Monumentum

Three-part tauroctony from Serdica

Arched marble tauroctony relief in two fragments from Sofia, ancient Serdica in Thracia, divided into three parts, with Mithras killing the bull in the centre and subsidiary scenes on either side; the weathered surface limits identification.

Monumentum

Tauroctony with Mithras's head from Sarmizegetusa

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.

Monumentum

Multi-fragment tauroctony from Sarmizegetusa

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.

Monumentum

Tauroctony with dog and scorpion from Sarmizegetusa

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

Monumentum

Multi-scene tauroctony relief from Sarmizegetusa

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.

Monumentum

Tauroctony with Mithras breast from Sarmizegetusa

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

Monumentum

Multi-register relief from Sarmizegetusa

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.

Monumentum

Three-register tauroctony relief from Sarmizegetusa

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.

Monumentum

Altar of Sextus Vibius Hermes with silver signum from Mithraeum III, Ptuj

Inscription from Mithraeum III at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, recording that Sextus Vibius Hermes, Augustalis of the Colonia Ulpia Traiana Poetovionis, donated a silver signum with its base to Soli invicto Mithrae, with Lucius Vernasius Heraclida presiding as pater…

Monumentum

Mitreo di Marino

The Marino Mithraeum preserves one of the most elaborate painted cycles of Mithras’ myth, combining the tauroctony, planetary symbolism and scenes from the god’s sacred narrative.

Locus

Baris (Isparta)

Baris was a town of ancient Pisidia inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times.

Monumentum

Mithréum des Bolards

The Mithraeum des Bolards was integrated into a therapeutic cultural complex related to healing waters.

Syndexios

Ulpius Egnatius Faventinus

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

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.

Monumentum

Main Tauroctony relief from Dura Europos

The main relief of Mithras killing the bull from the Mithraeum of Dura Europos includes three persons named Zenobius, Jariboles and Barnaadath.

Monumentum

Mithraeum of Hawarti

The Mithraeum of Hauarte or Hawarte, which preserves colourful frescoes, it’s the latest know and used.

Notitia

Hekate: Magic, Mystery and the Liminal World

Lenni George on Hekate’s development across ancient traditions, from mystery cults to magical practice and philosophical thought.

Liber

Mémoire sur un bas-relief mithriaque, qui a été découvert à Vienne (Isère)

Memoir by Félix Lajard analysing a Mithraic bas-relief discovered in Vienne in 1830. Based on direct examination of the fragments and their context, the study corrects an earlier misidentification and documents a rare lion-headed figure within a probable mithraeum…

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