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The New Mithraeum Database

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Julian

The last pagan emperor of Rome, closely associated with Mithras and Neoplatonic interpretations of the Sun God.

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Alfius Severus

Alfius Severus was a prominent figure associated with the Mithraeum of Marino, probably acting as pater of a small Mithraic community connected with the nearby peperino stone quarries.

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Tauroctony relief exposed at the Hermitage Museum

The relief marble of Mithras sacrifying the bull, exposed on the Hermitage Museum comes from Rome.

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Cautes from Newcastle

This limestone statue of Cautes is now exposed at Great North Museum of Newcastle.

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Cult pottery from Linz

Pottery assemblage from the cult room of the Mithraeum at Linz, ancient Lentia, including glazed dishes, three-handled serpent-vases, and related fragments; a vessel type closely associated with Mithraic ritual in the Danubian provinces.

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Serpent-vase from Windisch

Dark-red clay vase from the refuse pit of the Roman camp at Windisch, ancient Vindonissa, with three handles each encircled by a coiling serpent; a vessel type closely associated with Mithraic ritual.

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Inscription mentioning Atticus from Pola

Fragmentary inscription from Pola preserving a possible reading of the name Atticus.

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Head of Mithras in Phrygian cap from Rome

Head in fine-grained marble in the Vatican Musea Magazzini, showing a curly-haired figure in a Phrygian cap turned to the left with a grievous expression, probably representing Mithras.

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Relief of a wounded bull from Rome

Fragmentary relief from the area of the Porticus of Pompey once interpreted as Mithraic but later identified as a representation of Victoria.

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Zodiacal bronze plaques from Ostia

Series of small bronze plaques depicting zodiac signs and planetary figures discovered in Ostia and possibly connected with the decoration of a Mithraic sanctuary.

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Mithraic relief from Ostia

Relief featuring an enigmatic agricultural implement interpreted either as a scythe or an early type of plough.

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Aion-type altar from near Mithraeum III, Aquincum

Large limestone altar from near Mithraeum III at Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior, with a hole in the base probably designed to hold a cult object; the detailed iconographic programme of this altar is notable within the Aquincum Mithraic assemblage.

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Silvanus relief from near Mithraeum III, Aquincum

Limestone relief of Silvanus found south of the Krempelmühle near Mithraeum III at Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior, in 1895; mentioned because similar representations of Silvanus are attested at other Mithraic sites.

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Aion of Hedderneheim

The lion-headed statue of Hedderneheim is a reconstruction from fragments of two different sculptures.

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Mithraic reliefs from Arsameia

Commagenean sanctuary preserving relief fragments of Mithras greeting royal figures at the hierothesion of Mithridates Kallinikos.

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Frescoes from the tomb of Aelius Magnus and Aelia Arisuth in Oea

The Mithraic nature of the frescoes of Oea, according to the scholars Cumont and Vermaseren, is now questioned.

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Tauroctony from the Mithräum von Heddernheim

This relief is so well-known that it has been reproduced in nearly every handbook of archaeology and of history of religions.

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Head of Mithras at Nemrud Dag

The colossal head has been identified as a solar god, Apollo-Mihr-Mithras-Helios-Hermes.

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First Tauroctony relief of Dura Europos

One of the reliefs of the Dura Europos tauroctonies includes several characters with their respective names.

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Cresces

Administrator, probably a slave of Pater Alfius Severus, who dedicated the main altar of the Mitreo di Marino.

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