The New Mithraeum Database

On one of the capitals of the cathedral of Santa Maria Nuova in Monreale, Sicily, an unusual turbaned bull-slaying Mithras has been recorded.

A second Mithraeum was found in Cologne described by R. L. Grodon as of ’small importance’.

The Mithraeum of Ponza was discovered in 1866. It contained the remains of a zodiac investigated by Vermaseren in 1989.

This fragment of the base of a statue from Tarragona, Spain, bears an inscription which appears to be dedicated to the invincible Mithras.

The relief of Aion from Vienne includes a naked youth in Phrygian cap holding the reins of a horse.

The base of these sandstone reliefs bears an inscription referring to a certain Marcellius Marianus.

This altar, found in the 3rd mithraeum of Ptuj, bears an inscription and a relief of Sol and a person with a cornucopia.

This relief of Mithras killing the bull from Apulum, now Alba Iulia, Romania, contains several scenes from the Mithras legend.

According to the scarcely detailed design of von Sacken, the lay-out of the temple must have been nearly semi-circular.

The Tauroctony from Landerburg, Germany, shows a naked Mithras only accompanied by his fellow Cautes.

This inscription belongs to the 4th mithraeum found in the modern town of Ptuj.

Workman digging in a field near Dormagen found a vault. Against one of the walls were found two monuments related to Mithras.

The Mithraeum of Biesheim-Kunheim is located near the ancient village of Altkirch, near the Rhin.

This lost monument bears an inscription to Cautes by a certain Tiberius Claudius Artemidorus.

Several Mithraic scenes, including Mithras with Saturn, Mithras with Sol and Mithras' Ascension, are depicted on this fragment of a relief from Ptuj.

Located at the western entrance to the Palace of Darius in Persepolis, this tablet bears an inscription mentioning Ahuramazda and Mithra.

This limestone altar bears an inscription from its donor, Firmidius Severinus, in honour of Mithras after 26 years of service in the Legio VIII Augusta.

This silver amulet depicts Abraxas on one side and the first verses of the Book of Genesis in Hebrew on the other.

According to Hitzinger remnants of animal bones were found in front of the relief of the Mithraeum at Rozanec.