The New Mithraeum Database

The Saalburg is a Roman fort located on the main ridge of the Taunus, northwest of Bad Homburg, Hesse, Germany.

The dedicator of this altar was a slave in the service of a high official, the prefect Gaius Antonius Rufus, known from other inscriptions.

TNMM402 – CIMRM 1846

The Niasar Cave, غار نیاسر, was a temple probably devoted to Iranian Mithras that dates back to the early Partian era.

TNMM537

This plaque was found in Mithraeum I at Stockstadt broken into pieces inserted between the blocks of the socle of the cult relief, in the manner of a votive deposit.

TNMM399 – CIMRM 1206, 1207

Several Mithraic scenes, including Mithras with Saturn, Mithras with Sol and Mithras' Ascension, are depicted on this fragment of a relief from Ptuj.

TNMM391 – CIMRM 1579

The Stockstadt Raven is one of only two standing-alone sculptures of this bird to be found in Mithraic statuary.

TNMM410 – CIMRM 1192

Reliefs of Cautes and Cautopates dedicated by Florius Florentius of Saalburg and Ancarinius Severus

TNMM474 – CIMRM 1165

This temple of Mithras has been discovered under the Church in Vieux-en-Val-Romey, in 1869.

TNMM295 – CIMRM 909, 910

This second altar discovered to date near Inveresk includes several elements unusual in Mithraic worship.

TNMM460

This relief of Mithras as bull slayer is surrounded by Cautes and Cautopates with their usual torch plus an oval object.

TNMM224 – CIMRM 71

Le Manuel (encheiridion) est ainsi intitulé parce qu'il doit toujours être « sous la main » et à la disposition de ceux qui veulent bien vivre. Car le poignard (encheiridion) du soldat est lui aussi une arme qui doit toujours être sous la main de ce…

Even if only a few fragments remain, it is very likely that the main niche of the Mitreo di Santa Prisca contained the usual representation of Mithras killing the bull.

TNMM717 – CIMRM 479

The temple of Mithras disclosed three main stages of development, the second exhibiting two reconstructions.

This small cippus to Zeus, Helios and Serapis includes Mithras as one of the main gods, although some authors argue that it could be the name of the donor.

TNMM628 – CIMRM 463

The Mithraeum of Spoleto was found in 1878 by the professor Fabio Gori on behalf of Marquis Filippo Marignoli, owner of the land.

TNMM19 – CIMRM 673

These two inscriptions by a certain Titus Martialius Candidus are dedicated to Cautes and Cautopates.

TNMM496 – CIMRM 1214

The Mithraeum I of Ptuj contains the foundation, altars, reliefs and cult imagery found in it.

TNMM185 – CIMRM 1487

The Stockstadt Mercury carries a purse and a small child around which a snake is coiled.

TNMM418

The Tauroctony relief of Neuenheim, Heidelberg, includes several scenes from the deeds of Mithras and other gods.

TNMM205 – CIMRM 1283

Only a small part of the Neuenheim Mithraeum has been excavated.

TNMM48 – CIMRM 1282