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The New Mithraeum Database

Find news, articles, monuments, persons, books and videos related to the Cult of Mithras

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Mithraeum of Dunaújváros (Intercisa)

The Dunaújváros Mithraeum was discovered in 1973.

 
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Hatra Temple

The city of Hatra was famed for its fusion of several civilization cults, which several temples devoted to gods from all Indo-European world.

 
Video

Reconstructing the Roman Mystery Religion of Mithras

Our modern understanding of Mithraism, though, depends largely on a few short (and very problematic) literary mentions, mostly written by the cult’s Christian rivals.

 
Notitia

Castle and Mithraeum of Zerzevan candidate to World Heritage

The Temple of Mithras, inside an ancient military settlement, is situated on the eastern border of the Roman Empire.

 
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Tauroctonic medallion from Caesarea Maritima

The small medallion depicts three scenes from the life of Mithras, including the Tauroctony. It may come from the Danube area.

 
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Tablet of Antiochus I from Samsat

"The remaining figure on this monument, Herakles, was previously misidentified as Apollo on this remarkable black basalt tablet from Samsat, known in Roman times as Samosata.

 
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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.

 
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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.

 
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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.

 
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CIMRM 50

"On this same bench, where the banquet scene was found, and adhering to the south wall (fig. 12, II), were many fragments of plaster decorated with green leaves and tree branches" (Report, 104).

 
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CIMRM 51

"Fragments of a figure dressed in the same manner as Mithras in the banquet scene, were found in the rubbish".

 
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CIMRM 55

Dipinto on one of the columns or walls.

 
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CIMRM 56

Graffito on column I.

 
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CIMRM 57

Dipinto in black letters (L.H. 0.03-0.05) above the podium in the S-W corner of.

 
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CIMRM 60

Engraved above the preceding No.

 
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CIMRM 61

Engraved in column I.

 
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CIMRM 63

We could only find the following terms of the mystae, because the preliminary Report has not yet published all the inscriptions.

 
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CIMRM 64

, Scratched on a piece of wall plaster.

 
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CIMRM 65

Scratched on piece of wall plaster.

 
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CIMRM 66

Engraved on column 3 in minute letters.

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