Monuments to Mithras

This is one of the altars erected by Septimius Valentinus, in this case, to the transitus of Mithras.

TNMM768 – CIMRM 1811

In this relief found in the Sárkeszi Mithraeum, Cautes and Cautopates hold an Amazon shield.

TNMM767

The Sárkeszi mithraeum is unusual for its large dimensions and its semicircular eastern wall.

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The relief of Mithras killing the bull, found near Zvornik in Bosnia and Herzegovina, features some variations on the usual scene.

TNMM765

The Trier Mithräum was discovered during work on the city’s new fire station. The findings included a Cautes limestone relief.

TNMM587

This altar dedicated to Helios Mithras by a certain Sagaris was repurposed in the masonry of Palazzo Bagnoli, Venosa, Italy.

TNMM888 – CIMRM 171

Marble statuette of Cautopates, according to Giornale d’Italia 28, 3, 1860 found together with the preceding Nos.

TNMM921 – CIMRM 256

Marble fragment with an inscription (ILN 1954,636).

TNMM1259 – CIMRM 826

White marble relief, found near Aix "a la Torse dans un enclos ayant appartenu à la famille de Colonia".

TNMM1293 – CIMRM 878

Altar in limestone from the Jura, found "bei Verbreiterung der Moselbahn unweit der Uberflihrung des Weberbaches" near the Therms (1879).

TNMM1364 – CIMRM 992

Only parts of the knees of Mithras, emerging from the rock, have been preserved from this monument of Petronell-Carnuntum, Austria.

TNMM1375 – CIMRM 1716, 1717

Relief of Mithras killing the bull with an inscription from a certain Aurelius Macer who dedicates it to Sol Invictus Mithras.

TNMM1383

The two altars found in the Mithraeum of Mundelsheim one of Sol and the other of Luna, are exposed in situ.

TNMM51

The altars of the gods of the Sun and Moon found in the Mithraeum of Mundelsheim wear openwork segments that could be lighten from behind.

TNMM386

The site of Orbe-Boscéaz, Switzerland, also known as Boscéay, is renowned for its mosaics and mithraic temple.

TNMM260

The controversial Italian journalist Edmon Durighello discovered this marble statue of a young naked Aion in 1887.

TNMM157 – CIMRM 78, 79

The relief of Dieburg shows Mithras riding a horse as main figure, surrounded by several scenes of the myth.

TNMM231 – CIMRM 1247

The colossal head has been identified as a solar god, Apollo-Mihr-Mithras-Helios-Hermes.

TNMM275 – CIMRM 29

Mount Nemrut or Nemrud is one of the highest peaks in the eastern Taurus Mountains, southeastern Turkey. On its summit large statues stand around what is supposed to be a royal tomb from the 1st century BC.

TNMM79 – CIMRM 28

There are references to two places of worship from Dieburg, whereby the Mithraeum, discovered in 1926.

TNMM232 – CIMRM 1246