The New Mithraeum Database

Fragment of greyish marble from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving a bull in a small boat — a rare iconographic detail in Mithraic art.

Two fragments of a circular white marble tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, enclosed in a laurel wreath.

Upper portion of a sandstone statue from Strasbourg, ancient Argentoratum, showing a head surmounted by a serpent's head; the fragment probably belonged to an Aion.

Sandstone relief from Wiesbaden, ancient Aquae Mattiacae, found in a subterranean room in 1858, depicting Cautopates in Oriental dress holding a downward torch

Votive sandstone altar from Wiesbaden, ancient Aquae Mattiacae, dedicated to Deo Soli invicto by Caius Silvinius Maternus, in honour of the Domus Divina

Marble altar dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras, found in Rome (in aedibus Maffaeiorum), set up in 183 A.D. by M. Ulpius Maximus, praepositus tabellariorum, together with its ornaments and Mithraic insignia, in fulfilment of a vow.

This weathered limestone statue from the Mithraeum of Apulum depicts a standing figure in Oriental attire holding the head of a bull or ram.

The mosaic bears an inscription indicating the name of the owner.

This small monument bears the inscriptions of a certain Caelius Ermeros, antistes at the Mithraeum of the Painted Walls.

According to the inscription on it, this altar probably supported a statue of Jupiter.

Fragmentary marble statue of a woman from the Mithraeum delle Sette Porte.

The relief of Sol was found during the construction of Piazza Dante in Rome in 1874.

Fragment of a white marble statue of Mithras killing the bull from Rusicade, today Skikda, Algeria.

White marble statue of Cautopates with crossed legs, accompanied by an owl beside a tree trunk.

White marble statue of Cautopates found in Rome.

Marble statue of Cautes, found at Ostia. The head, one arm and the legs are missing. The figure wears a short tunic and raises the torch in the canonical upward gesture.

The epigrahy includes a mention of Marcus Aurelius, a priest of the god Sol Mithras, who bestowed joy and pleasure on his students.

At the entrance to the Mithraeum of the Seven Sferes, Cautopates holds the torch with both hands and Cautes holds the torch in his right hand and a cock in his left.

Except for the serpent, the sculpture of the taurcotony found on the Esquiline Hill lacks the usual animals that accompany Mithras in sacrifice.

Procession of Leones carrying animals, bread, a krater, and other objects in preparation for a feast.