The New Mithraeum Database

This altar bears an inscription to the health of the emperor Commodus by a certain Marcus Aurelius, his father and two other fellows.

This unusual piece depicts Mithras slaying the bull on one side and the Gnostic god Abraxas on the other.

This ancient carnelian intaglio mounted in gold depicts Mithras slaying the bull surrounded by his companions Cautes and Cautopates.

This fragmentary relief shows Cautopates bordered by three of the six zodiacal signs with which He is associated: Capricorn, Sagittarius and Scorpio.

Donated the monumental relief of Sarrebourg.

Bronze statuette of Mithras in his characteristic bull-slaying pose, though only the god has been preserved.

There is no consensus on the authenticity of this monument erected by a certain Secundinus in Lugdunum, Gallia.

This altar, found in the 3rd mithraeum of Ptuj, bears an inscription and a relief of Sol and a person with a cornucopia.

The Tauroctony from Landerburg, Germany, shows a naked Mithras only accompanied by his fellow Cautes.

It is well known that Mithras was born from a rock. However, less has been written about the father of the solar god, and especially about how he conceived him.

This plaque, now on display in the British Museum, may have come from the Aldobrandini Mithraeum in Ostia.

This terracotta vase features prolific decoration, including Mithras Tauroctonos, Fortuna, Cautes, a dog and Pan playing a syrinx.

Bronze head (H. 0.05).

Bronze statuette (H. 0.10).