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Monumentum

Taurcotony of Nesce
The relief of Mithras slaying the bull of Nersae includes several episodes from the exploits of the solar god.
TNMM420 – CIMRM 650, 651
Apronianus rei p(ublicae) ark(arius) sua pecunia fecit.
Monumentum

Aion of Vienne
The relief of Aion from Vienne includes a naked youth in Phrygian cap holding the reins of a horse.
TNMM265 – CIMRM 902
Monumentum

Petrogeny of Florence
The sculpture of the birth of Mithras in Florence included the head of Oceanus.
TNMM744 – CIMRM 666
Monumentum

Altar of Malaga
This lost monument from Malaga, Spain, to Dominus Invictus has been linked to the cult of Mithras, although there is not enough evidence.
TNMM732 – CIMRM 767
L(ucius) Servilius Supera/tus Domino Invicto / donum libens ani/mo posuit / ara(m) merenti.
Monumentum

Inscription of Cimber and Exsocho from Cologne
This monument with an inscription by two individuals was found in the first mithraeum of Cologne, Germany.
TNMM726 – CIMRM 1021
Have / Cimber es(sedarius) et / Pietas Ensocho / essed(ario) sodali / [b]ene merenti / [pos]uit. Vale. {H}Ave / Cimber es(sedarius) et / Pietas Exsocho / essed(ario) sodali / [be]ne merenti / [pos]…
Monumentum

Oceanus-Saturn of Santa Prisca
The fragmented tauroctony of the Mitreo di Santa Prisca rests on the naked figure of a bearded man, probably Ocean or Saturn.
TNMM716 – CIMRM 478
Monumentum

Candelabrum of Doryphorus
This magnificent candelabrum was found in Rome in 1803, in the Syrian Temple of Janicule.
TNMM682 – CIMRM 508, 509
Doryphorus pater.
Monumentum

Tauroctony relief of Alba Iulia
The relief of Mithra slaying the bull from Apulum, Romania, has been missing until the scholar Csaba Szabó identified it in the diposit of the Arad Museum.
TNMM346 – CIMRM 1938
Monumentum

Column to Nabarze of Protas
This column found in the Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa bears an inscription to Nabarze instead of Mithras.
TNMM631 – CIMRM 2028, 2029
Nabarze / deo / pro sal(ute) Ampliati / Aug(usti) n(ostri) disp(ensatoris) et / sua suorumq(ue) / omnium / Protas vikar(ius) / eius.
Mithraeum

Mitreo delle Sette Sfere
The Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres is of great importance for the understanding of the cult, because of its black-and-white mosaics depicting the planets, the zodiac and related elements.
TNMM9 – CIMRM 239