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Monuments to Mithras

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

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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