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Monuments to Mithras

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

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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, 397
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, 735
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, 548
Monumentum

Tauroctony relief from Ladenburg
The Tauroctony from Landerburg, Germany, shows a naked Mithras only accompanied by his fellow Cautes.
TNMM290 – CIMRM 1275, 664
Monumentum

Inscription of Aurelius Iustinianus from Ptuj
This inscription belongs to the 4th mithraeum found in the modern town of Ptuj.
TNMM644 – CIMRM 1614, 390
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, 494
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, 576
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, 484
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, 328
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, 378
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, 775
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)].
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Ulpius Linus from Apulum
This relief of Mithras killing the bull was dedicated by the bearer of the imperial standard of Legio XIII Gemina, Marcus Ulpius Linus.
TNMM636 – CIMRM 1955, 518
[-?-] M. Ulp(ius) Linus imag(inifer) l(egionis) XIII G(eminae).
Monumentum

Altar of Hostilius from Skelani
This damaged monument of a certain Hostilius from Malvesiatium, now Skelani, bears an inscription apparently to Mithras transitus.
TNMM637 – CIMRM 1900, 403
Tran[situi ?] / dei M[ithr(ae)] / Host[ilius(?)] / [.]oni[---]
Monumentum

Inscription to Mithras and Silvanus from Ljubljana
A certain Blastia or Blastianus made a dedication to Mithras and Silvanus on an altar in Emona, Pannonia.
TNMM635 – CIMRM 1463, 541
D(eo) i(invicto) M(ithrae) / Silvano Augusto / sac(rum). Blastia / C(-?-) E(-?-) B(-?-) [---].
Monumentum

Altar of Tettius Plotus from Oescus
In the altar that Titus Tettius Plotus dedicated to the invincible God, he called himself pater sacrorum.
TNMM634 – CIMRM 2252, 386
T(itus) Tettiu[s] / Plotu{u}[s] / vet(eranus) leg(ionis) II[II] / F(laviae) F(elix) p(ater) s(acrorum) d[ei] / Invicti [s(olvit)] / l(ibens) m(erito).
Monumentum

Inscription on a leonteum of Umbria
This plaque from Carsulae, in Umbria, refers to the creation of a leonteum erected by the lions at their own expense.
TNMM483, 549
Leonteum cum signo et cetero cultu exornatum / ex permissu sanctissimi ordinis ex pec(unia) sua / a solo fecerunt leones, consummati ab Egnatio Re/parato sacerdote legit(imo) et collatore, T(itus) Lep…
Mithraeum

Mithräum von Dormagen
Workman digging in a field near Dormagen found a vault. Against one of the walls were found two monuments related to Mithras.
TNMM91, 935
Deo Soli i(nvicto) M(ithrae) p(ro) s(alute) i(mperatoris) Suran l(ibertus) dupl(icarius) ale Noricorum ci(vis) Trax v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).
Monumentum

Fragmented tauroctony of Dormagen
This second tauroctony, found in the Mithraeum of Dormagen, was consecrated by a man of Thracian origin.
TNMM633 – CIMRM 1014, 515
Deo Soli I(nvicto) M(ithrae) p(ro) s(alute) Th(?)urat(?)r(?)[al]is Didil[ae f(ilius)] / dup[l(arius)] al(a)e Noricorum ci[vis T(h)rax v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito)]
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Plovdiv
This Mithraic relief of the Danubian type was found in 1940 in the old town of Plovdiv.
TNMM632 – CIMRM 2338, 445
Monumentum

Tauroctony relief of Sidon
The tauroctony relief of Sidon depicts the signs of the zodiac and the four seasons, among other familiar features.
TNMM142 – CIMRM 75, 1357