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  • Monumentum

    Slab of Sol Invictus

    The slab of the Sun god has not yet connected to Mithras.

    TNMM249 – CIMRM 373

    Soli invicto / pro salute imp(eratorum) / et genio n(umeri) / eq(uitum) sing(ula- rium) / eorum M. Ulp(ius) / Chresimus sace[rd(os)] / Iovis Dolich[eni] / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) [m(erito)]
  • Monumentum

    Taurcotony sculpture from Sidon

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

    TNMM156 – CIMRM 76

    Φλ. Γερόντιος, πατὴρ νόμιμος τῶν τελετῶν τοῦ θεοῦ εὐχαριστῶν αφιερωσάτω τῷ φ̕ ἔτει.
  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony relief from Fleischmann Collection

    This relief of Mithras killing the bull includes an unusual owl at the feet of Cautopates and a cock next to Cautes.

    TNMM589

  • Mithraeum

    Mithraeum of Hawarti

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

    TNMM221

  • Monumentum

    Antiochus I shakes hands with naked Apollo-Mithras-Helios

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

    TNMM556

  • Monumentum

    Mithras triumphant over the Sun

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

    TNMM222

  • Monumentum

    Antiochus I shakes hands with Mithras

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

    TNMM134 – CIMRM 30

  • Monumentum

    Bronze plaque of Mithras slaying the bull

    Mithras Tauroctony on bronze exposed at the Metropolitan Museum of New York.

    TNMM137

  • 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

    Cautes with an axe

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

    TNMM161 – CIMRM 82

  • Monumentum

    Second Cautes of Sidon holding an axe

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

    TNMM162 – CIMRM 83

  • Monumentum

    Mithras carrying the bull

    Sculpture depicting Mithras carrying a young bull on his shoulders.

    TNMM158 – CIMRM 77

  • Monumentum

    Bronze Venus of Sidon

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

    TNMM306 – CIMRM 86

  • Monumentum

    Cautes of Sidon

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

    TNMM159 – CIMRM 80

  • Syndexios

    Zenobios

    Commander of the archers at Dura Europos, he financed the second Tauroctony.
  • Mithraeum

    Mitreo de Hawarti

    TNMM67

  • Syndexios

    Antonius Valentinus

    Princeps centurio and commander (praepositus).
  • Syndexios

    Mareinos

    He is the painter of most of the frescoes in the mithraeum of Dura Europos.
  • Syndexios

    Flavius Gerontios

    Pater nominos in Sidon, he consecrated a number of sculptures, including a Hecataion.
  • Syndexios

    Theodoros

    Pater at Dura Europos
 
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