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Monuments to Mithras

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

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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
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, 2029
Nabarze / deo / pro sal(ute) Ampliati / Aug(usti) n(ostri) disp(ensatoris) et / sua suorumq(ue) / omnium / Protas vikar(ius) / eius.
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, 2307
Ὣριμος / πατὴ/ρ ἀνέ/θηκε/ν. Φλ(άουιος) Ὣριμος Φλ(αουίου) Μακέδονος οἰκονόμος κατ᾽ ἐπιταγήν / θεῷ ἀνεικήτῳ �…
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
Soli invicto / Mitrhae(sic!) / Tiberius Claudi/us Tiberi filius / Thermodon / spelaeum cum / signis et ara / ceterisque / voti compos / dedit.
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
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, 340
Cn(aeus) Arrius Claudianus / pater posuit.
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
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
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.
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
. . reus pater / . . . [G]lycon / . . . Rufus / . . . [D]afinus . . . Sinplicius / . . . Petrus / . . . Crescentinus / . . . Crescentio / . . . Bictorus / . . . Dafinus / . . . Feston / . . . . [S]erp…
Monumentum

Altar of Gaius Iulius Crescens of Friedberg for Respectus
This fragmented altar of a certain Caius Iulius Crescens, found in the Mithraeum of Friedberg, bears an inscription to the Mother Goddesses.
TNMM646 – CIMRM 1066
Matron/is / C(aius) Iul(ius) Cresce/nis (sic) pro / Respecto / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito).
Mithraeum

Mithräum von Friedberg
There have probably been three mithraea discovered at Friedberg.
TNMM87
Monumentum

Tauroctony of the Mitreo dell'Esquilino
This simple relief of Mithras killing the bull without his companions Cautes and Cautopates was found in the so-called Mithraeum of the Esquilino, Rome.
TNMM645 – CIMRM 357
Monumentum

Tauroctony relief from Ladenburg
The Tauroctony from Landerburg, Germany, shows a naked Mithras only accompanied by his fellow Cautes.
TNMM290 – CIMRM 1275
Monumentum

Inscription of Aurelius Iustinianus from Ptuj
This inscription belongs to the 4th mithraeum found in the modern town of Ptuj.
TNMM644 – CIMRM 1614
Templum / dei{i} Sol(is) Inv(icti) Mit(hrae) / Aure[l(ius)] Iusti/nianus v(ir) p(erfectissimus) / dux labefa/ctatum re/stituit.
Monumentum

Altar of Nummius Amandus from Alba Iulia
This altar dedicated to the Invincible Sol Mithra was found in 1878 in a cemetery in Alba Iulia.
TNMM643 – CIMRM 1951
Soli i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / C(aius) Nummius / Amandus / qui et / templum.
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Aelius Hylas from Doştat
This monument bears an inscription by a certain Lucius Aelius Hylas, in which he associates Sol Invictus with Jupiter.
TNMM642 – CIMRM 2006, 2007
Io(vi) S(oli) invi(cto) / deo genitori / r(upe) n(ato). L. Aeli(us) Hylas (vicesimarius) l(ibertus) pr(o) sa(lute) et Horientis (sic) fil(ii) sui et Apuleia(e) eius signum numinis cum absidata / ex v…
Monumentum

Altar 2 of Tibiscum by Hermadio
This altar was erected by Hermadio, who also signed other monuments in Dacia and even in Rome.
TNMM580
Libero Patri / pro salute Mar(ci) / Turrani Dii et / [F]l(aviae)(?) Aeliae Nices / M(arcus) Turran(ius) / Patroclus ex / voto.
Monumentum

Autel of Straton from Kreta
Straton, son of Straton, consecrated an altar to Helios Mithras in Kreta, Moesia inferior.
TNMM640 – CIMRM 2260
Στράτω/ν Στράρω/νος άνέθη(κεν) / τὸ(ν) βωμὸν / Ἡλίῳ Μίθρᾳ
Monumentum

Inscription of Ision from Guberevac
In this monument, the imperial slave Ision claims the completion of a new temple to Mithras in Moesia.
TNMM639 – CIMRM 2235
Invicto deo / Ision Caes(aris) n(ostri) ser(vus) / vil(icus) vectigal(is) Il/lyr(ici) templ(um) omn(i) / re instruct(um) a / solo p(ecunia) s(ua) f(aciendum) c(uravit)
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Euthices from Apulum
This marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was made by a freedman who dedicated it to his old masters.
TNMM638 – CIMRM 1935, 1936
D(eo) S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / [pro salute et incolumi]tate M. Aurelii Timothei et Aur(elii) Maximii / [votum nuncupavit sol]vitq(ue) Euthices eorum l[ib(ertus)].