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Monuments to Mithras

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

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    Triptic of Tróia

    The remains of the mithraic triptic of Tróia, Lusitania, were part of a bigger composition.

    TNMM245 – CIMRM 798, 855

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    Tauroctony of Santiponce

    This unfinished Mithras tauroctonos without the usual surrounding animals was found in 1923 in Italica, near Seville, Spain.

    TNMM659 – CIMRM 769, 371

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    Inscription of Valentinus Secundionis

    This monument, now lost, was discovered in the 16th century, probably on the site of Sublavio statio.

    TNMM658 – CIMRM 730, 414

    D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / et Soli soci/o sac(rum) Valen/tinus Se/cund[i]on[i]s / ob memor(iam) / patris sui / ex colleg(a) / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).
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    Cautes and Cautopates of Ostia found in 1939

    This marble of Cautes was found together with his partner Cautopates in Ostia in 1939.

    TNMM657 – CIMRM 296, 373

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    Monumentum

    Plaque of Meknès

    One of the two inscriptions by Aurelius Nectoreca, a follower of Mithras, found in Meknès, Morocco.

    TNMM656 – CIMRM 161, 417

    Pro salute et incolumitate imp(eratoris) Caesaris / L(ucii) Aeli(i) Aurel(ii) Commodi Pii invicti feli/cis Herculis Romani imperioque / eius Aur(elius) Nectorega (centurio) vex(illariorum) Britt(onum)…
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    Monumentum

    Altar of Meknès

    Two inscriptions by Aurelius Nectoreca, a follower of Mithras, have been found in Meknès, Morocco.

    TNMM655 – CIMRM 160, 401

    I(nvicto) d(eo) M(ithrae) / Aur(elius) Nectore/ga (centurio) vex(illariorum) Brit(tonum) / Volubili / agentium / l(ibens) l(aetus) merito.
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    Monumentum

    Cautes and Cautopates of Palermo

    These two mithraic sculptures of Cautes and Cautopates belong to the same collection of Astuto de Noto, made up of mostly Sicilian monuments.

    TNMM654 – CIMRM 165, 442

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    Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Palermo

    The assumed find-place of the Mithras Tauroctonus of Palermo is uncertain.

    TNMM150 – CIMRM 164, 514

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    Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Dormagen

    The sculpture of Mithras slaying the bull found in Dormagen is exposed at Bonn Landesmuseum.

    TNMM264 – CIMRM 1012, 590

    D(eo) S(oli) i(nvicto) imp(erio) C. Amandinius / Verus buc(inator) v(otum) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito).
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    Mithraeum I of Carnuntum

    According to the scarcely detailed design of von Sacken, the lay-out of the temple must have been nearly semi-circular.

    TNMM43 – CIMRM 1664, 1388

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    Mithraeum II of Carnuntum

    The second temple devoted to Mithras in Carnuntum is situated besides a Jupiter's temple.

    TNMM190 – CIMRM 1681, 655

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    Mithraeum

    Mithraeum III of Carnuntum

    Mithraeum III found in the west part of Petronell near Hintausried in August 1894 by J. Dell and C. Tragau.

    TNMM191 – CIMRM 1682, 1054

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    Monumentum

    Column to Nabarze of Protas

    This column found in the Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa bears an inscription to Nabarze instead of Mithras.

    TNMM631 – CIMRM 2028, 570

    Nabarze / deo / pro sal(ute) Ampliati / Aug(usti) n(ostri) disp(ensatoris) et / sua suorumq(ue) / omnium / Protas vikar(ius) / eius.
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    Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Târgușor

    This limestone relief of Mithras killing the bull bears an inscription by a certain Flavius Horimos, consecrated in a 'secret forest' in Moesia.

    TNMM641 – CIMRM 2306, 583

    Ὣριμος / πατὴ/ρ ἀνέ/θηκε/ν. Φλ(άουιος) Ὣριμος Φλ(αουίου) Μακέδονος οἰκονόμος κατ᾽ ἐπιταγήν / θεῷ ἀνεικήτῳ …
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    Monumentum

    Inscription by Claudius Thermodon of Bolsena

    The donor of this Mithraic inscription from Bolsena, a certain Tiberius Claudius Thermoron, is known from two other monuments.

    TNMM652 – CIMRM 660, 430

    Soli invicto / Mitrhae(sic!) / Tiberius Claudi/us Tiberi filius / Thermodon / spelaeum cum / signis et ara / ceterisque / voti compos / dedit.
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    Mithraeum

    Mitreo de la Tumba del Elefante

    Set in a Roman necropolis, the so-called Mithraeum of the Elephant takes its name from an elephant statue found in one of the tombs.

    TNMM289, 1147

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    Monumentum

    Altar from Mitreo di San Clemente

    The altar of the Mithraeum of San Clemente bears the Tauroctony on the front, Cautes and Cautopates on the right and left sides and a serpent on the back.

    TNMM469 – CIMRM 339, 1834

    Cn(aeus) Arrius Claudianus / pater posuit.
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    Monumentum

    Tauroctony/Repast of Castra Pretoria

    This fragment of a double relief shows a tauroctony on one side and the sacred meal, including a serving Corax, on the other.

    TNMM651 – CIMRM 397, 444

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    Monumentum

    Stele of Acilius Pisonianus from Milan

    This high stele by a certain Acilius Pisonianus bears an inscription commemorating the restoration of a Mithraeum in Mediolanum, today's Milan.

    TNMM650 – CIMRM 706, 441

    D(eo) S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / P(ublius) Acil(ius) Piso/nianus pater / patratus qui / hoc speleum / vi{i} ignis ab/sumtum com/parata area a re-/publ(ica) Mediol(anensi) / pecunia sua / restituit.
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    Monumentum

    Album of Portus

    This marble tablet found at Portus Ostiae mentions a pater, a lion donor and a series of male names, probably from a Mithraic community.

    TNMM648 – CIMRM 325, 386

    . . reus pater / . . . [G]lycon / . . . Rufus / . . . [D]afinus . . . Sinplicius / . . . Petrus / . . . Crescentinus / . . . Crescentio / . . . Bictorus / . . . Dafinus / . . . Feston / . . . . [S]erp…
 
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