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The New Mithraeum Database

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Altar of Publius Aelius Artemidorus from Doștat

Altar from Doștat, Dacia, dedicated to Invicto Soli deo genitori by Publius Aelius Artemidorus, sacerdos creatus a Palmyrenis — a priest appointed by Palmyrene worshippers.

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Bronze tauroctony plate from Budapest

Bronze plate from Budapest, ancient Aquincum or vicinity, preserving a Mithraic representation of uncertain composition; no longer in a known collection.

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Small tauroctony statuette from Budapest

White marble statuette from Budapest, ancient Aquincum or vicinity, depicting a badly damaged Mithras killing the bull with dog and serpent; the god's head is lost.

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Rock-cut Mithraeum at St. Urban

Natural grotto called the Bichl on the south slope above the Glanegg lake near St. Urban, Noricum, adapted as a Mithraic sanctuary; part of the grotto floor was paved and remnants of water installations survive.

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Altar of Hermes from St. Thomas am Zeiselberg

Small altar preserved in the castle of Freudenberg at St. Thomas am Zeiselberg, Noricum, recording a dedication to Hermes invicto Mitrae — an unusual conflation of Hermes and the invincible Mithras.

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Lion-serpent statue from Nyon

Limestone statue fragment from Nyon, ancient Colonia Iulia Equestris, depicting a lion encircled by a serpent with schematic scorpions engraved in small triangles on each flank; a composition associated with Mithraic lion symbolism.

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Bronze votive tablet of Silvester from Königshoffen

Perforated bronze votive tablet from the Mithraeum at Königshoffen, dedicated in honour of the Domus Divina to Deo Soli invicto by Silvester.

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Aedicula stele from Königshoffen

Sandstone monument in the form of a temple façade from the Mithraeum at Königshoffen, accessible by a step and framed by two Corinthian columns; the pediment is decorated with the bust of Luna, and the architrave carries an inscription.

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Rock-birth statue from Königshoffen

Sandstone statue from the entrance area of the Mithraeum at Königshoffen depicting the youthful naked Mithras emerging from the rock, with the sheath of a dagger still visible at his hip; head, right arm, and left hand are lost.

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Thigh and grape-cluster fragment from Königshoffen

Stone fragment from the Mithraeum at Königshoffen preserving a human thigh against which a hand holds a bunch of grapes; probably part of a larger sculptural group.

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Altar to Apollo-Mithras from Whitley Castle

Sandstone altar combining imagery of Apollo, Mithras and the torchbearers Cautes and Cautopates near the Roman fort of Whitley Castle.

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Stymbara (Prilep)

Styberra occupied an important position within the inland communications network of Roman Macedonia near modern Prilep.

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Sol Invictus inscription from Thagaste

Inscription dedicated to Sol Invictus for the wellbeing of Emperor Aurelianus and his dynasty, from Thagaste, dated 275 A.D.

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Ritual lamps and cult equipment from Rudchester

Stone lamp installation, vessels and bronze chain links associated with ritual activity inside the Mithraeum of Vindobala.

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Stone laver from Rudchester

Sandstone ritual basin discovered in situ beside the north bench of the Vindobala Mithraeum.

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Heads of torchbearers from Rudchester

Sculpted stone heads and statue fragments belonging to Mithraic torchbearers from the nave of the Vindobala Mithraeum.

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Destroyed cult statue from Rudchester

Mithraic statue from Vindobala discovered in 1844 and subsequently broken up.

Monumentum

Sol bust with seven rays from Sarmizegetusa

Fragment of a white marble statuette from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the dressed bust of Sol in a nimbus and seven-rayed crown with traces of red colour; two bolt-holes at the bottom for attachment.

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Standing Sol and burning altar from Sarmizegetusa

Marble fragment from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving a standing figure in shoulder-cape (possibly Sol) and below it a burning altar.

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Sol bust with Mithras riding from Sarmizegetusa

Fragment of a yellowish marble relief from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the left upper corner with the bust of Sol and below it Mithras riding the bull.

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