The New Mithraeum Database

At Scaleby Castle.

Stukeley, Pal.

Altar, found not far from the Eastern entrance of the cult-room.

Limestone statue (H. 0.93).

Statue in limestone (H. 0.76).

Limestone relief (H. 0.68), found approximately in the middle of the central aisle (1898) together with the two following Nos.

Relief in limestone, the greater fragment (H. about 2.00) was found before the altars Nos 863-4; the four smaller fragments in the centre of the cult-room (1822).

We still have to mention a naked foot beside the remnants of a tree-trunk (Inv. No. 576) and remnants of a marble seat or table, on which an acanthus-leaf, with the head and neck of a lion emerging out of it (Melida, Cat. Badajoz, Nos. 1086 and 1095).

Marble statue (H. 1.48).

Marble statue (H. 1.58).

Marble statue (H. 1.34).

Marble statuette (H. 0.52), found in 1902.

Fragment of white marble statue (H. 0.29 Br. 0.39).

Statuette in polychromatic marble (H. 0.20), found in 1904 near the ruins of the theatre.

This graffito seems to be an account of offerings made by Mithras worshippers in the Cassegiato di Diana.

The Mithraeum of the Animals was decorated with a mosaic depicting a naked man, a cock, a raven, an scorpion, a snake and the head of the bull.

Priest and astrologer of Milan.

Emperor Caracalla ordered one of Rome’s largest temples to the god Mithras to be built in the baths bearing his name.

Pater patratus, he financed the restoration of a Mithraeum in Milan.

Pater Patrum and Senator. He was also the patriarch of the Olympian dynasty, overseeing a Mithraic community in the centre of Rome.