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The New Mithraeum Database

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Marble lion with swine's head from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Marble lion from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, holding a swine's head under its left fore-leg — a sacrificial animal pairing associated with the Mithraic lion grade.

Monumentum

Tauroctony fragment with Luna and Cautes from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Right portion of a marble tauroctony relief from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving standing Cautes with upraised torch and the bust of Luna above him.

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Luna in biga fragment from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Right lower corner of a marble relief from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving the border of the grotto and, outside it, Luna in a two-horse chariot holding a whip; only the horses' heads are shown.

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Cautes with raised torch from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Right portion of a marble relief from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving Cautes holding the upraised torch with both hands; not cross-legged; head, feet, right hand, and torch top are lost.

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Altar of Felix to Petra Genetrix from Mithraeum I, Ptuj

Inscription from Mithraeum I at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, dedicated to Petrae genetrici ex viso by Felix, vicarius of Prudens, slave of Antonius Rufus, vilicus of the publicum portorium Illyricum — one of several Mithraic dedications by this household.

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Tauroctony relief with pensive Cautopates from Ruše

Marble tauroctony relief from Ruše, Noricum, showing a grotto scene in which Cautopates holds the torch downward against the rocky ground and supports his head with his left hand in a pensive attitude; the upper left corner preserves a bust of Sol.

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Minor cult objects from Rückingen

Miscellaneous objects from the Rückingen Mithraeum including stone balls, cult-vase fragments, lamps, and two candlesticks

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Tauroctony relief from Rückingen

Sandstone Mithras relief discovered in 1950 near Rückingen, proving the existence of a Mithraeum there from the late second to early third century AD

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Marble tauroctony from Mithraeum III, Heddernheim

Fragments of a white marble arched tauroctony from Mithraeum III at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, showing Mithras killing the bull in a leaf wreath

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Mercury relief from Heddernheim

Weathered sandstone relief from Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, showing a standing Mercury whose body is covered by a shoulder cape

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Minerva relief from Heddernheim

Sandstone relief from Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, depicting a standing Minerva resting her left hand on a shield while holding a lance

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Votive deposits from Ober-Florstadt

Miscellaneous cult objects from Ober-Florstadt including pottery, lamps, legionary stamps, coins, animal bones, and a bone flute fragment

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Relief of Cautopates from the Rhine at Cologne

Limestone relief of the torchbearer Cautopates standing cross-legged in Oriental dress.

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Mitreo de Cabra

The Mithraeum of Cabra is located in the Villa del Mitra, which owes its name to the discovery in 1951 of a Mithras tauroctonus in the remains of the Roman villa.

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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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Two marble heads of Mithras from Ostia

Two marble heads from Ostia, including a youthful figure wearing a Phrygian cap and another identified as Mithras-Helios.

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Mithraeum of Lambaesis

The Mithraeum of Tazoult / Lambèse is one of the best preserved Mithras’s temples in Africa.

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Red sandstone tauroctony from Heddernheim

Relief in red sandstone originally standing on a base in Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, featuring the bull-slaying scene.

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Mithraea of Heddernheim

Since 1826, four mithraea have been found at Nida-Heddernheim.

Provincia

Chersonnesus Taurica

Ancient region of the Crimean Peninsula associated with the Greek colonies and Roman presence in Taurica.

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