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The New Mithraeum Database

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Mitra. Un dios entre Oriente y Occidente

Un recorrido por los orígenes, la expansión y el legado de Mitra desde Persia hasta el corazón de Roma.

Socius

Dominique PERSOONS

medical doctor. Hypnotherapist. medieval art interpretation. Mithras mystery I live in Sarrebourg (France) where a marvelous mithraeum was discovered in 1890

Syndexios

Hermadio

Hermadio's inscriptions have been found in Dacian Tibiscum and Sarmizegetusa, as well as in Rome.

Monumentum

Bronze medallion of Gordian III with tauroctony

The bronze medallion, from Cilicia, shows Mithras Tauroctonus on the revers.

Monumentum

Altar of Victorinus to Fons Perennis

One of several dedications commissioned by the duumvir Marcus Antonius Victorinus in his Mithraeum of Aquincum, modern Budapest.

Monumentum

Slab of Cornelio from Trillo

A sandstone slab found along the border of the Tagus river near Thirmarum (modern Trillo, near Cifuentes in Guadalajara), recording an inscriptoiin by a certain Cornelius, freedman of Gaius.

Locus

Thirmarum (Trillo)

Thirmarum is recorded as a findspot for Mithraic material in Tarraconensis.

Locus

Roma (Rome)

Archaeological evidence shows that the area around Rome has been inhabited since around 14,000 years ago. Excavations support the theory that Rome grew from pastoral settlements on the Palatine Hill, which was built over the area of the Roman Forum.

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Valerian

Roman emperor from 253 to 260, he was taken captive by Shapur I of Persia. He was thus the first emperor to be captured as a prisoner of war.

Syndexios

Antiochus I

King of the Greco-Iranian Kingdom of Commagene.

Monumentum

Tauroctony relief from Verona

A white marble tauroctony relief of unknown provenance, now preserved in the Lapidary Museum of Verona, depicting the standard Mithraic bull-slaying scene.

Monumentum

Chalcedony tauroctony gem from Paris

Fragment of yellowish chalcedony in the Cabinet des Médailles, Paris, formerly in the Millingen collection, depicting the standard tauroctony.

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Rock-crystal tauroctony gem from Paris

Rock-crystal gem in the Cabinet des Médailles, Paris, depicting Mithras as bull-slayer with the standard iconographic programme.

Monumentum

Tauroctony jasper gem in the Cairo Museum

Oval jasper gem in the Cairo Museum depicting Mithras slaying the bull with Sol, Luna, a leontocephalic figure and seven stars.

Monumentum

Besa gem

Gem formerly published as Mithraic by Cumont but subsequently identified as depicting the Egyptian deity Besa.

Monumentum

Tauroctony on yellow carnelian from Udine

Yellow lenticular carnelian gem probably from Aquileia, now in Udine, depicting a Mithraic scene nearly identical to the Florence jasper.

Monumentum

Inscription fragment "(S)arapi(s)" from Mérida

A small marble fragment from Augusta Emerita (modern Mérida) bearing the fragmentary inscription (S)arapi(s), attesting to the veneration of Sarapis in proximity to the Mithraic sanctuary.

Monumentum

Limestone votive altar with Sol head from Pula

A small limestone votive altar from Pola (modern Pula) bearing on its front face a damaged relief head of a youthful Sol with long curly hair, above which is carved the inscription Soli and below the dedicatory text by Atticus (No. 757).

Monumentum

Fragmentary inscription from Moesia Inferior

Marble slab of unknown provenance from Moesia Inferior, preserving only the opening of a dedication to Soli invicto Mithrae.

Monumentum

Tauroctony relief of uncertain Dacian origin

Marble tauroctony relief of uncertain but probably Apulum/Dacian provenance, depicting Mithras tauroktonos with raven, serpent, scorpion, and dog.

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