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  • Monumentum

    Small Aion from unkown provenence

    Its base is partially broken, so it is unclear if the figure was standing on a globe, an expected position, or not.

    TNMM433

  • Monumentum

    Round Tauroctony of Split

    The round relief of Mithras killing the bull of Split is surrounded by a circle with Sun, Moon, Saturn and some unusual animals.

    TNMM367 – CIMRM 1861

  • Monumentum

    Mithras rock-birth of Trier

    The relief depicts the birth of Mithras, holding a globe, surrounded by the zodiac.

    TNMM312 – CIMRM 985

  • Mithraeum

    Mithraeum of Caesarea Maritima

    This shrine developed towards the end of 2nd century and remained active until beginning 4th.

    TNMM33

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony from Hermopolis

    In the Tauroctony of Hermopolis, Cautes and Cautopates are placed over two columns at each side of the sacrifice.

    TNMM301 – CIMRM 91

  • Mithraeum

    Mithraeum of Housesteads

    The Housesteads Mithraeum is an underground temple, now burried, discovered in 1822 in a slope of the Chapel Hill, outside of the Roman Fort at the Hadrian's Wall.

    TNMM309 – CIMRM 852

  • Mithraeum

    Mithra temple of Marāgheh

    The Mithra Temple of Maragheh, also referred to as the Mithra Temple of Verjuy or simply Mehr Temple, is the oldest surviving Mithraic temple in Iran known to date.

    TNMM371

  • Mithraeum

    Mithräum von Wiesloch

    The first members of the Wiesloch Mithraeum may have been veterans from Ladenburg and Heidelberg.

    TNMM66

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of the Mithraeum of Lucciana

    The archeologists have found three fragments of the Tauroctony of Lucciana, which includes Cautes and Cautopates.

    TNMM220

  • Monumentum

    Lion of Les Bolards

    The lion sculpture found near the entrance of the Mithraeum at Les Bolards is unique in its genre.

    TNMM374 – CIMRM 921

  • Mithraeum

    Mithraeum of Aigio

    The underground cave which served as temple was cut into the conglomerate rock of the area, and a flight of eight steps of stone slabs led to it.

    TNMM360

  • Monumentum

    Mithras rock-birth fresco of Hawarte

    In one of Hawarte's frescoes, the rock birth of Mithras is preceded by Zeus and followed by the young Persian god suspended from a cypress tree.

    TNMM343

  • Monumentum

    Mithras riding the bull

    Altar depicting the god Mithras or Cautes on a bull.

    TNMM155 – CIMRM 2186

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony relief of the Esquiline

    The relief of Mithras slaying the bull found on the Esquiline Hill includes two additional scenes with Mithras and two other figures.

    TNMM382 – CIMRM 350, 351

    C(auto)p(ati) / Primus pater fecit
  • Mithraeum

    Mithraeum of the Coloured Marble

    The Mitreo dei Marmi Colorati takes its name after the discovery of a black-and-white mosaic of Pan fighting with Eros.

    TNMM233

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of the Cortile del Belvedere

    The Tauroctony relief of Mithras killing the bull walled in the Cortile of the Belvedered, Vatican City, was found by Fagan near Ostia.

    TNMM363 – CIMRM 321

  • Mithraeum

    Mithraeum of Carrawburgh

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

    TNMM26 – CIMRM 844

  • Monumentum

    Submission scene from Barberini

    This scene of the main fresco of the Mithraeum Barberini seems to depict part of the initiation into the Mithraic Mysteries.

    TNMM283

  • Monumentum

    CIMRM 288

    The mosaic paved floor of the central aisle shows different figures: 1) On the threshold a large central arch formed by two pilasters; this main arch, from which hangs an oscillum is flanked by three minor arches on either side (seven spheres of the planets) (Becatti, PI. XIX).

    TNMM937 – CIMRM 288

  • Monumentum

    CIMRM 609

    Marble base "von zwei Palmen ins Gevierte, wenig mehr als einen halben Palme dick".

    TNMM1118 – CIMRM 609

 
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