The New Mithraeum Database

Mithraeum

Mithréum de Vienne

Emperor Julian may have been initiated into the cult of the god Mithras at the Mithraeum of Vienne, France, according to Turcan.

TNMM293 – CIMRM 901, 902

Deo Cau/te

Monumentum

Tauroctony of the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere

The relief of Mithras slaying the bull from the Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres was discovered in 1802 by Petirini by order of Pope Pius VII.

TNMM144 – CIMRM 245, 246

A. Decimius A(uli) f(ilius) Pal(atina) Decimianus s(ua) p(ecunia) restituit. // A. Decimius A(uli) f(ilius) Pal(atina) Decimianus aedem / cum suo pronao ipsumque deum solem Mithra / et marmoribus e…

Monumentum

Cautopates with a hooked stick of Nida

This Cautopates from Nida carries the usual downward torch in his right hand and a hooked stick in his left.

TNMM105 – CIMRM 1110

Monumentum

Mithras pantocrator of the Villa Altieri

This unusual representation of Mithras standing on a bull was kept in the Casino di Villa Altieri sul Monte Esquilino until the 19th century.

TNMM475 – CIMRM 334

Socius

Tauroctony of Neuenheim

The Tauroctony relief of Neuenheim, Heidelberg, includes several scenes from the deeds of Mithras and other gods.

TNMM205 – CIMRM 1283

Monumentum

Aion of Arles

The Aion of Arles includes nine signs of the zodiac in three groups of three, between the spirals of the serpent.

TNMM148 – CIMRM 879

Monumentum

Ara of the Mithraeum of Lugo

Victorius Victorious, centurion of the Legio VII, erected the altar in honour of the Lugo garrison and of the Victorius Secundus and Victor, his freedmen.

TNMM189

Deo / Inuic(to) Mithrae / G(aius) Victorius Vic/torinus (centurio) L(egionis) VII G(emina) / Antonianiae P(iae) F(elicis) / in honorem sta/tionis lucensis / et Victoriorum / Secundi et Vic/toris lib(e…

Monumentum

Fragment with inscription to Arimanius Casa di Diana

The image of the god Arimanius to which this monument refers has not yet been found.

TNMM482 – CIMRM 221, 222

M(arco) Lolliano Callinico patre / Q. Petronius Felix Marsus / [..]L (?) signum Arimanium do(o) ded(it) d(edicavit).

Monumentum

Altar by Hermanio of Poetovio

A certain Hermanio has been identified in the dedication of several monuments in different cities in Dacia and even in Rome.

TNMM581

Cauti // pro salute Fl(avi) / Hermadionis / et Aviti Syriac(i) / et filiorum / Felix libert(us)

Monumentum

Aion of Villa Albani

White marble statue of Lion-head god of time, formerly in the Villa Albani, nowadays in the Musei Vaticani.

TNMM123 – CIMRM 545

Monumentum

Album of Sentinum

This inscription reveals the names of 36 cultori of Sentinum, one of whom bears the title of pater leonum.

TNMM570 – CIMRM 688

Cultores D(ei) S(olis) I(nvicti) Mithrae / patroni, prosedente C. Propertio Profuturo. Coiedius Proculus / Ligurius Theodotus / Mussius Vindex / Coiedius Hilarianus / Sentin(as) pater leonum Ianuar…

Monumentum

Tauroctonia del Cortile del Belvedere

White marble relief depicting Mithras slaying the bull, dedicated by Atimetus.

TNMM210 – CIMRM 546, 547

Soli invicto deo / Atimetus Aug(ustorum) n(ostrorum) ser(vus) act(uarius) praediorum Romaniarorum.

Monumentum

Bronze medallion from Gordian III with tauroctony

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

TNMM274 – CIMRM 27

Τάρσου μητροπόλεως. Α(ύτονόυ) μ(ητρόπόλεως) Κ(ιλιχίας) γ(ράμματι) β(ουλής).

Mithraeum

Mithréum de Mackwiller

The Mackwiller Mithraeum was built in the middle of the 2nd century, during the reign of Antoninus the Pious, on the site of a spring already worshipped by the natives.

TNMM68

Monumentum

Head of Mithras of Mackwiller

This fragment of the head of a young Mithras is one of the finds made during the excavations carried out by Jean-Jacques Hatt at Mackwiller, France, in 1955.

TNMM117 – CIMRM 1332

Monumentum

Relief of Aion on globe

The lion-headed god is standing on a globe encicled by two crossed bands on which five pearls.

TNMM322 – CIMRM 543

Monumentum

Mithras petrogenitus from Villa Giustiniani

Mithras rock-born from Villa Giustiniani was holding a bunch of grapes in its raised right hand instead of a torch, probably due to a restoration.

TNMM124 – CIMRM 590, 591

Nama / L(ucius) Fl(avius) Hermadion / hoc mihi libens / d(onum) d(edit).

Monumentum

Inscriptions of Caseggiato di Diana

This marble slab found near the Casa de Diana in Ostia bears two inscription with several names of brothers of a same community

TNMM488 – CIMRM 223

[M. Lollia]no Callinico / [patre Pe]tronius Felix / [Marsus sign]um deo / [donum] ded(it) / . . . atus xinu . . . / fecit. M. M. Caer[ellius Hiero]/nimus et C[allinic]/us sacerdo[tes et antisti]/es…

Monumentum

Aion of Skikda

The lion-headed figure of Skikda includes a pine-apple beside his feet.

TNMM318 – CIMRM 125