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Monumentum

Mithras hunting from Dura Europos
In this fresco from Dura Europos, Mithras is represented as a hunter accompanied by the lion and the serpent.
TNMM286 – CIMRM 52
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

Sol and Mithras fresco of Dura Europos
Sol watches Mithras as he gazes Mithras gazes up to heaven while sharing the sacred meal.
TNMM203 – CIMRM 49
Locus

Hawarte
Al-Ankawi is a Syrian town located in the Ziyarah Subdistrict of the al-Suqaylabiyah District in Hama Governorate.
Locus

Dura Europos
Dura-Europos was a Hellenistic, Parthian and Roman frontier city built on the Euphrates River. It was founded around 300 BC by Seleucus I Nicator. The Romans took Dura-Europos in 165 AD.
Locus

Secia
Jabal al-Druze, officially Jabal al-Arab, is an elevated volcanic region in the As-Suwayda Governorate of southern Syria.
Monumentum

Mithras triumphant over the Sun
Fresco du Mithraeum de Hawarte, Syria, depicts Mithras' victory over the Sun.
TNMM222
Monumentum

Frescoes of 'Magis' from Dura Europos
Some scholars have speculated that the scrolls both figures hold in their hands represent Eastern doctrines brought to the Western world.
TNMM372 – CIMRM 44
Monumentum

Fresco of a knight and a black figure from the Hawarte Mithraeum.
This painting depicts an Iranian knight holding in a chain a black naked figure with two heads.
TNMM223
Monumentum

Inscription on the restoration of the Mithraeum of Dura Europos
Antonius Valentinus, centurio, made this plaque for the salut des empereurs Septimus Severus and Marcus Aurelius.
TNMM454 – CIMRM 53
Pro sal(ute) et incol(umitate) d(ominorum) / n(ostrorum) imp(eratorum) L. Sep(timi) Severi pii / Pert(inacis) et M. Aurel(i) Aritonini [ [ et L. Sept(imi) Geta[e] ] ] / Aug(ustorum) tem/plum dei Solis…
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

Second tautoctony of Sî`
The second tauroctony of Jabal al-Druze seems to have be made by the same sculptor.
TNMM390 – CIMRM 89
D(eo) S(oli) I(nvicto)