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Inscription fragment "(S)arapi(s)" from Mérida

A small marble fragment from Augusta Emerita (modern Mérida) bearing the fragmentary inscription (S)arapi(s), attesting to the veneration of Sarapis in proximity to the Mithraic sanctuary.

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Marble statuette of a seated deity (Jupiter-Serapis?) from Mérida

A marble statuette found at Augusta Emerita (modern Mérida) in 1902, representing a seated deity whose head, arms and feet are lost, tentatively identified as Jupiter-Serapis.

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Sculptural fragments with foot and lion head from the Mérida Mithraeum

Sculptural fragments from the Mithraeum at Augusta Emerita (modern Mérida), comprising a naked foot beside tree-trunk remnants and fragments of a marble seat or table decorated with an acanthus-leaf from which emerge the head and neck of a lion.

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Marble statue of a standing woman in chiton from Mérida (No. 790)

A marble statue from Augusta Emerita (modern Mérida), depicting a standing woman in a long chiton, now in the museum at Mérida, with head lost.

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Marble statue of a standing woman in chiton from Mérida (No. 789)

A marble statue found at Augusta Emerita (modern Mérida) in 1913, depicting a standing woman in a long chiton, now in the museum at Mérida, with head lost.

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Marble statue of a standing deity (Poseidon?) from Mérida

A marble statue from Augusta Emerita (modern Mérida), depicting a standing dressed male person whose right leg leans against a tree-trunk and whose raised right arm once held a lance or trident, tentatively identified as Poseidon.

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Serapis head from Mérida

This head of Serapis from Cerro de San Albín may be unrelated to Mithras worship.

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Tauroctony from the Gran Mitreo de Mérida

These fragments of a monumental tauroctony found in the Cerro de San Albín must have decorated the Gran Mitreo de Mérida, which has not yet been found.

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Cautes from Mérida

This nude male figure, found at Cerro de San Albín, Mérida, has been identified as Cautes.

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Casa del Mitreo

The name of this domus comes from the fact that some authors once associated one of its mosaics with the cult of Mithras, a connection that has since been dismissed.

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Cerro de San Albín

Although the site at Cerro de San Albín is not a Mithraeum, archaeologists have found several monuments related to the cult of Mithras.

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Feast from Mérida

This scene of a feast from Mérida shows three persons at a table with other people standing beside them, one holding a bull’s head on a plate.

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Gran mitreo de Mérida

Jaime Alvar speculates that the Gran Mitreo de Mérida could have been located in this area, based on a series of materials unearthed by Mélida during the excavations of 1926 and 1927.

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Mitreo de la calle Espronceda

The Mithraeum at Espronceda Street, in Merida, was discovered in 2000. It is a semi-subterranean temple.

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Altar of Gaius Iulius from Mérida

The small Mithraic altar found at Cerro de San Albin, Merida, bears an inscription to the health of a certain Caius Iulius.

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Altar by Hector Corneliorum of Mérida

This fragmented altar was found in two pieces that Ana Osorio Calvo has recently brought together.

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Altar by Caius Aemilius Superaius of Merida

Small white marble altar made in honour of Mithras found at San Albín, Mérida.

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Altar of Merida consecrated by Marcus Valerius Secundus

This altar is dedicated to the birth of Mithras by a frumentarius of the Legio VII Geminae.

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Lion-headed figure of Mérida

The lion-headed figure, Aion, from Mérida, wears oriental knickers fastened at the waist by a cinch strap.

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Mercury of Mérida

The statue of Mercury in Merida bears a dedication from the Roman Pater of a community in the city in 155.

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