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Monuments to Mithras

Monuments, inscriptions and artefacts related to Mithras and his cult.

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    Tauroctony of Toronto

    This relief of Mithras killing the bull is on display at the Royal Ontario Museum.

    TNMM719 – CIMRM 606

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    Monumentum

    Torchbearer restored as Paris

    This sculpture, probably of Cautopates, now in the Musei Vaticani, was transformed into Paris.

    TNMM718 – CIMRM 507

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    Monumentum

    Torchbearer of Porta Portese

    This is one of the two torchbearers, probably Cautes, transformed into Paris, now in the British Museum.

    TNMM132 – CIMRM 506

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    Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Santa Prisca

    Even if only a few fragments remain, it is very likely that the main niche of the Mitreo di Santa Prisca contained the usual representation of Mithras killing the bull.

    TNMM717 – CIMRM 479

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    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

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    Tauroctony of Capri

    It is not certain that the marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was found on Capri, in the cave of Matromania, where a Mithraeum could have been established.

    TNMM715 – CIMRM 172

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    Monumentum

    Inscription of Hermes to Silvanus

    This inscription, found in the Mitreo della Planta Pedis, among some other monuments in Ostia, suggests a link between Mithras and Silvanus.

    TNMM626 – CIMRM 276

    Silvano / sancto / sacrum / Hermes / M. Iuli Eunici.
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    Monumentum

    Painted tauroctony from Rome

    This unusual mural depicting Mithras killing the bull was found near the Colosseum in 1668.

    TNMM714 – CIMRM 337

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    Monumentum

    Inscription of Flavius Antistianus from Rome

    This inscription was dedicated to God Cautes by a certain Flavius Antistianus, Pater Patrorum in Rome.

    TNMM713 – CIMRM 336

    Deo Caute / Flavius Antistianus / v(ir) e(gregius) de decem primis pater patrum.
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    Monumentum

    Mosaic of Fructus from the Mitreo del Sabazeo

    The mosaic bears an inscription indicating the name of the owner.

    TNMM490 – CIMRM 301

    Fruc[tus ?] / (s)uis in/pendis / consum/mavit.
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    Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Ruše

    This relief of Mithras tauroctonus and other finds were discovered in 1845 in Ruše, where a Mithraeum probably existed.

    TNMM710 – CIMRM 1447, 1448

    M(arcus) Porcius / Verus / proc(urator) Aug(usti) / me / pos/uit.
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    Mithraeum

    Mitreo del caseggiato di Diana

    The Mithraeum of the House of Diana was installed in two Antonine halls, northeast corner of the House of Diana, in the late 2nd or early 3rd century.

    TNMM5 – CIMRM 216

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    Monumentum

    Fragments of altars from Gimmeldingen

    These fragmentary monuments, one with an inscription, were found in the Gimmeldingen mithraeum.

    TNMM712 – CIMRM 1322

    V(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito).
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    Monumentum

    Altar of Faustinus from Gimmeldingen

    This sandstone altar was dedicated to the god Invictus by a certain Faustinus from Gimmeldingen.

    TNMM694 – CIMRM 1320

    [De]o / [i]nviht(o) / [Fa]ustinus / [c]orax / [v]o(tum) s(olvit) /l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito).
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    Monumentum

    Inscription of Corax Materninius Faustinus of Gimmeldingen

    The inscription was located at the base of the main Tauroctony of the Gimmeldingen Mithraeum.

    TNMM441 – CIMRM 1315

    In h(onorem) d(omus) d(ivinae) / deo inviht[o] (sic) Midre (sic) / Maternin[i]us Faustinu(s) / carax (sic) fan[um] cum solo inviht[o] / in suo fecit c[ onsac]ratus XI k(alendis) Feb(ruariis). Fanus …
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    Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Gimmeldingen

    This relief of Mithras killing the bull found in Gimmeldingen, Germany, lacks the usual raven.

    TNMM693 – CIMRM 1314

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    Monumentum

    Altar of Faustinus from Gimmeldingen

    Corax Materninius Faustinus dedicated other monuments found in the same Mithraeum in Gimmeldingen.

    TNMM444 – CIMRM 1319

    In h(onorem) d(omus) d(ivinae) / deo / invihto (sic) / Materninius / Fau[s]tinus carx (sic) / in suo posuit / (libens) l(aetus) m(erito).
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    Monumentum

    Altar to Luna from Gimmeldingen

    This sandstone altar was dedicated to Luna, who is mentioned as a male deity.

    TNMM711 – CIMRM 1321

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    Mithraeum

    Mithräum von Gimmeldingen

    The few remains of the Mithraeum of Gimmeldingen are preserved at the Historical Museum of the Palatinate, in Speyer, Germany.

    TNMM49 – CIMRM 1313

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    Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Donja Plemenšćina, Pregrada

    This primitive relief of Mithras as a bullkiller is signed by a certain Valerius Marcelianus.

    TNMM709 – CIMRM 1468, 1469

    I(nvicto) d(eo) O(mnipotenti) Val(erius) Marceli/anus ex voto l(ibens) l(aetus) p(osuit).
 
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