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Monuments to Mithras

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

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  • Monumentum

    Aion of Mitreo Fagan

    The marble Aion from the lost Mithraeum Fagan, Ostia, now presides the entrance to the Vatican Library.

    TNMM116 – CIMRM 312, 313

    C. Valeri/us Heracles pat(er) / et C(aii) Valerii / Vitalis et Nico/mes sacerdo/tes s(ua) p(e)c(unia) p(o)s(ue)r(unt). / D(e)d(icatum) idi(bus) aug(ustis) im(peratore) / Com(odo) / VI et / Septi/miano…
  • Monumentum

    CIMRM 418

    Reperta in ascensu Capitolii.

    TNMM996 – CIMRM 418

    Soli sacr(um) / C. Ducenius / C(aii) lib(ertus) Phoebus / filius Zenonis / natus in Suria / Nisybin liber / factus Romae / ex visu / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).
  • Mithraeum

    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.

    TNMM1386

  • Mithraeum

    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.

    TNMM29 – CIMRM 772

  • Monumentum

    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.

    TNMM300 – CIMRM 782

  • Monumentum

    Tabula ansata of Lucius from Bremenium

    This inscription commemorates the building of a mithraeum in Bremenium with fellow worshippers of Mithras.

    TNMM566 – CIMRM 876

    Deo invicto [[et]] Soli soc(io) / sacrum. Pro salute et / incolumitate imp(eratoris) Caes(aris) / M(arci) Aureli Antonini pii felic(is) / aug(usti) L(ucius) Caecilius Optatus / trib(unus) coh(ortis) I…
  • Monumentum

    Altar for Cautopates from Ptuj

    Altar for Cautopates.

    TNMM1385 – CIMRM 1505

    Cautopa/ti sac(rum) / Cresce(n)s / Gabini Antoni / ser(vus) v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).
  • Monumentum

    Taurcotonia Dorée

    TNMM 365.

    TNMM153

  • Monumentum

    Procession Fresco from Santa Prisca

    Figures in procession, each representing a different grade of Mithraic initiation, labeled with their respective titles.

    TNMM115 – CIMRM 480

    Nama [patribus] / ab oriente / ad occidente(m) / tutela Saturni. [Na]ma H[eliodromis] / tute[l]a S[ol]is. [Na]ma Persis / tutela [Mer]curis. Nama L[e]on[i]b[us] j tutela Iovis. Nama Militibus j tutela…
  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of the Mitreo delle terme di Mitra

    The person who commanded the sculpture may have been M. Umbilius Criton, documented in the Mitreo della Planta Pedis.

    TNMM108 – CIMRM 230, 231

    Κρίτων / Ἀθηναιος / έποίει.
  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony marble from Mitreo Fagan

    This sculpture of Mithras killing the bull was dedicated to the ’incomprehensible god’ by a certain priest called Gaius Valerius Heracles.

    TNMM106 – CIMRM 310, 311

    Sig(num) imdeprehensivilis dei G(aius) Valerius Heracles sacerdos s(ua) p(ecunia) p(osuit). L(ucius) Sextius Karus et.
  • Monumentum

    Frescoes with standing figures of Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte

    The frescoes depict several figures dressed in different garments associated with the Mithraic degrees.

    TNMM104 – CIMRM 268

  • Monumentum

    Busto de Livia

    Lead.

    TNMM109

  • Monumentum

    CIMRM 978

    Fragment of a trachyte brazier.

    TNMM1353 – CIMRM 978

  • Monumentum

    Fresco scene from Mitreo of Santa Maria Capua Vetere

    Fresco showing a scene of initiation into the mysteries of Mithras in the Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere.

    TNMM234 – CIMRM 188

  • Monumentum

    Raven from Stockstadt

    The Stockstadt Raven is one of only two standing-alone sculptures of this bird to be found in Mithraic statuary.

    TNMM410 – CIMRM 1192

  • Monumentum

    CIMRM 880

    This lamp, depicting a man slicing his victim into pieces with a sword, was believed to be associated with the Cult of Mithras.

    TNMM1294 – CIMRM 880

  • Monumentum

    Frescoes of lions at Santa Prisca

    Procession of Leones carrying animals, bread, a krater, and other objects in preparation for a feast.

    TNMM498 – CIMRM 481, 482

    Nama Nicephoro leoni; nama Theodoro leoni. Nama Hel[io]doro leoni; Nama Gelasio leoni; Nama Phoebo leoni.
  • Monumentum

    CIMRM 597

    Fragment of a greyish marble relief depicting Mithras slaying the bull beneath a rocky grotto.

    TNMM1112 – CIMRM 597

  • Monumentum

    CIMRM 615

    Roman stone low-relief depicting Mithras as a bull-slayer, with the upper part of his head missing.

    TNMM1123 – CIMRM 615

 
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