The New Mithraeum Database

'Hail to Kamerios the Pater' can be read on one of the walls of the mithraeum at Dura Europos.

The text mentions a certain Kamerios, described as immaculate miles.

One of the reliefs of the Dura Europos tauroctonies includes several characters with their respective names.

This short dipinto pays homage to the Lions and the Persians, the 4th and 5th Mithraic degrees.

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.

Sol watches Mithras as he gazes Mithras gazes up to heaven while sharing the sacred meal.

The Mithraea of Doliche, ancient Dülük, Turkey, are unique in that they represent two distinct shrines on the same site.

The Mithras killing the bull sculpture from Sidon, currently Lebanon.

Stele representing Apollo-Mithras-Helios in a Hellenistic nude fashion, shaking hands with Antiochus I.

Antiochus I of Commagene shakes Mithras hands in this relief from the Nemrut Dagi temple.

Some scholars have speculated that the scrolls both figures hold in their hands represent Eastern doctrines brought to the Western world.

The Cautes of Sidon who wields an axe also wears a piece of cloth on his left arm.

In this case, a quiver has been attached to the tree-stump behind the torchbearer.

Sculpture depicting Mithras carrying a young bull on his shoulders.

There are two Venus from the Mithraeum of Sidon, one in bronze and the other in Parian marble.

The Sidon sculpture includes a dog jumping between Cautes's legs.

In the tauroctony of Jabal al-Druze in Syria, the snake appears to be licking the head of the bull's penis.

Of Semitic origin, Absalmos has dedicated a tauroctonic relief to Mithras in ancient Syria.

This magnificent candelabrum was found in Rome in 1803, in the Syrian Temple of Janicule.

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