The New Mithraeum Database

A place of worship for the Roman god of light Mithras was discovered during archaeological excavations in Trier. This includes a larger relief.

Augusta Treverorum, today's Trier in Rhineland-Palatinate, is considered to be the oldest city in Germany.

The Trier Mithräum was discovered during work on the city’s new fire station. The findings included a Cautes limestone relief.

TNMM587

The cantharus of Trier is reminiscent of the crater that often appears in tauroctony scenes collecting the blood from the slaughtered animal.

TNMM404

The altar with a Phrygian cap and a dagger from Trier was erected by a Pater called Martius Martialis.

TNMM525 – CIMRM 987

The remains of the mithraic triptic of Tróia, Lusitania, were part of a bigger composition.

TNMM245 – CIMRM 798

The relief depicts the birth of Mithras, holding a globe, surrounded by the zodiac.

TNMM312 – CIMRM 985

This terra sigillata was found in 1926 in a grave on the Roman cemetery of St. Matthias, Trier. An eyelet indicates that it could have been hung on a wall.

TNMM303

The vase bears an inscription to the god but also 'king' Mithras.

TNMM419

Textile merchant from Augusta Treverorum and Pater of his community, he left testimony of his cult to Mithras in the 3rd century.

Donated a krater with weekday gods to Mithras god and king in Augusta Treverorum.

C’est en 1986, à l’occasion de la restructuration de l’ancien magasin Parunis, qu’une fouille de sauvetage archéologique fut réalisée cours Victor Hugo.

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This stone altar fround in Altbachtal bears an inscription by a certain Martius Martialis.

TNMM747 – CIMRM 986

This sandsotne head with a Phrygian, found in Fürth in 1730, probably belonged to a torach-bearer.

TNMM746 – CIMRM 1000

This remarkable relief by Cautes was found in what appears to be a mithraeum in Trier.

TNMM588

Pater who offered several monuments, including a temple, in Augusta Treverorum.