The New Mithraeum Database

The Mithraeum of Sutri was built inside a rocky hill that also hosted the Roman theatre of the city.

TNMM21 – CIMRM 653

Sutri is an Ancient town, modern comune and former bishopric in the province of Viterbo, about 50 kilometres from Rome and about 30 kilometres south of Viterbo. The modern comune of Sutri has a few more than 5,000 inhabitants.

The donor of this Mithraic inscription from Bolsena, a certain Tiberius Claudius Thermoron, is known from two other monuments.

TNMM652 – CIMRM 660

Set in a Roman necropolis, the so-called Mithraeum of the Elephant takes its name from an elephant statue found in one of the tombs.

TNMM289

Marble relief (H. 0.63 Br. 1.07 D. 0.025-0.03), broken in two pieces.

TNMM1153 – CIMRM 654