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Monumentum

Mercury of Stockstadt
The Stockstadt Mercury carries a purse and a small child around which a snake is coiled.
TNMM418
Mithraeum

Mithréum de Valromey
This temple of Mithras has been discovered under the Church in Vieux-en-Val-Romey, in 1869.
TNMM295 – CIMRM 909, 910
Monumentum

First Tauroctony relief of Dura Europos
One of the reliefs of the Dura Europos tauroctonies includes several characters with their respective names.
TNMM179 – CIMRM 37, 38
Ἔθφανει ἰστρατηγα
Monumentum

Tauroctony of the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere
The relief of Mithras slaying the bull from the Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres was discovered in 1802 by Petirini by order of Pope Pius VII.
TNMM144 – CIMRM 245, 246
A. Decimius A(uli) f(ilius) Pal(atina) Decimianus s(ua) p(ecunia) restituit. // A. Decimius A(uli) f(ilius) Pal(atina) Decimianus aedem / cum suo pronao ipsumque deum solem Mithra / et marmoribus e…
Monumentum

Fresco with tauroctony and seven cypresses
This enigmatic fresco on top of the main tauroctony shows Mithras killing the bull, accompanied by Cautes and Cautopates, surrounded by burning altars and cypress trees.
TNMM422 – CIMRM 45, 46
Νάμα Μαρέῳ ζωγράφῳ.
Monumentum

Relief fragment of Ptuj
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
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Zerzevan
A Mithraeum was discovered in 2007, during the excavations at the Zerzevan Castle.
TNMM218
Monumentum

Dedication inscription from Koenigshoffen Mithraeum
The inscription reports the restoration of the coloured painting of the main relief of the Mithraeum by a veteran of the Legio VIII Augusta.
TNMM253 – CIMRM 1361
In h(onorem) d(omus) d(ivinae) deo Invic/to M(ithrae) C(aius) Celsinius / Matutinus veter(anus) / leg(ionis) VIII Aug(ustae) Alexan/drianae typum / de suo repinx(it)
Monumentum

Tauroctony relief of Fertőrákos
The main cultic relief of Mithras slaying the bull of Fertorakos was carved into the rock face.
TNMM170 – CIMRM 1642
---] fecit inpendio suo
Mithraeum

Mithraea of Heddernheim
Since 1826, four mithraea have been found at Nida-Heddernheim.
TNMM197
Monumentum

Lápida mitráica de San Juan de la Isla
The monument of San Juan de la Isla (Asturias) devoted to Mithras was preserved in the portico of the main church until 1843.
TNMM196 – CIMRM 803
Ponit Inv/icto Deo / Au(gu)sto. Po/nit lebien/s Fronto / aram Invi/cto Deo Au/(gu)sto. F(ronto) Leveiu/s ponit, pr(a)e/sedente p[a]/[t]rem patr[um] / [c]um leon[ibus]/ M(onumentum) [h(oc)]
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Hawarti
The Mithraeum of Hauarte or Hawarte, which preserves colourful frescoes, it's the latest know and used.
TNMM221
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Neuenheim
The Tauroctony relief of Neuenheim, Heidelberg, includes several scenes from the deeds of Mithras and other gods.
TNMM205 – CIMRM 1283
Mithraeum

Mithräum von Neuenheim
Only a small part of the Neuenheim Mithraeum has been excavated.
TNMM48 – CIMRM 1282
Monumentum

Head of Mithras from Angers Mithraeum
The head of Mithras of Angers has been found a four months after the main relief.
TNMM207
Monumentum

Aion altar of Bordeaux
The altar depicting a lion-headed figure from Bordeaux includes a sculpted ewer and a patera on the sides.
TNMM138
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Tienen
The temple contained hundreds of ceramic vessels and animal bones, which may indicated that a grand Mithraic feast was celebrated before its closing.
TNMM182
Monumentum

Cautes of Trier
This remarkable relief by Cautes was found in what appears to be a mithraeum in Trier.
TNMM588
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of the Baths of Caracalla
The Mitreo delle terme di Caracalla is one of the largest temples dedicated to Mithras ever found in Rome.
TNMM16 – CIMRM 457
Mithraeum

Mitreo dei Serpenti
The Mithraeum of the Snakes preserves paintings of serpents, representing Genius Loci, part of an older private sanctuary, which were respected in the temple of Mithras.
TNMM8 – CIMRM 294