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Monuments to Mithras

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

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Mithraeum of Andros
An inscription by a certain Aurelius Rufinus reveals the existence of a Mithraeum on the island of Andros, but it has not yet been found.
TNMM625
Monumentum

Flavius Aper altar (CIMRM 1584)
The altar of Ptuj depicts Mithras and Sol on the front and the water miracle on the right side.
TNMM255 – CIMRM 1584, 1585
D(eo) S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / pro sal(ute) d(omini) n(ostri) Gallieni p(ii) f(elicis) / invicti Aug(usti) Fl(avius) Aper v(ir) e(gregius) l(ibens) m(erito).
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Mithras and Tellus
This relief of Mithras slaying the bull is unique because of the representation of Tellus lying under the bull.
TNMM623 – CIMRM 598
Monumentum

Altar by Aelius Secundinus of Novaria
The v in this small altar found in Novaria has been interpreted by some commentators as qualifying Mithras as victorious.
TNMM622 – CIMRM 704
[S]acrum Soli / Mit[hr]ae numini / v... inviet(o) deo / [v]isu iussus / Aelius Secundinus.
Monumentum

Inscription of Valerianus Petalus
In this inscription, found in Angera in Lombardy, Mithras is referred to by the unicum 'adiutor'.
TNMM621 – CIMRM 717
D(eo) S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / adiutor(i) / Valerian(us) / Petalus v(otum) [s(olvit)].
Monumentum

Altars of two Clarissimi in the Phrygianum of the Vatican
Both of them were discovered in 1609 in the foundations of the façade of the church of San Pietro, Rome.
TNMM620 – CIMRM 513, 514
M(atri) d(eum) m(agnae) I(deae) / et Attidi meno/tyranno conser/vatoribus suis Cae/lius Hilarianus v(ir) c(larissimus) / duodecimbyr (sic!) / urbis Romae / p(ater) s(acrorum) et hieroceryx / i(nvicti)…
Monumentum

Colonne with inscription by workers of the pig market
The inscription included the names of the brotherhood, which are now lost.
TNMM619
S[oli] i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / et sodalicio eius / actores de foro suario / quorum nomina / [[sequuntur]]…
Monumentum

Mercury of Groß-Gerau
The statue was dedicated to Mercury Quillenius, an epithet used to refer to a Celtic god or the Greek Kulúvios.
TNMM618
Mercurio / Quillenio A(ulus) / Ibliomarius / Placidus nego(otiator) / cas(tello) Mat(tiacorum) lanius / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito).
Mithraeum

Mithréum de Biesheim-Kunheim
The Mithraeum of Biesheim-Kunheim is located near the ancient village of Altkirch, near the Rhin.
TNMM285
Monumentum

Tauroctony relief from Alba Iulia
This marble relief from Alba Iulia contains numerous scenes from the myth of Mithras.
TNMM480 – CIMRM 1958, 1959
D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) T(itus) Aur(elius) F(abia) (tribu) Marcus vet(eranus) leg(ionis) XIII g(eminae).
Monumentum

Main Tauroctony relief from Dura Europos
The main relief of Mithras killing the bull from the Mithraeum of Dura Europos includes three persons named Zenobius, Jariboles and Barnaadath.
TNMM298 – CIMRM 40, 41
Θεοῦ (sic) Μίθραν ἐπόησεν Ζηνόβιος ὁ καὶ Εἰαειβᾶς Ἰαριβωλέους / στρατεγὸς τοξοτῶν ἔτους δευτέρου πυ̕.
Monumentum

Altar of Inveresk with a griffin
This second altar discovered to date near Inveresk includes several elements unusual in Mithraic worship.
TNMM460
Daeo (sic) / invic(to) My(thrae) / C. Cas(sius ?) / Fla(vianus ?).
Monumentum

Mercury of Stockstadt
The Stockstadt Mercury carries a purse and a small child around which a snake is coiled.
TNMM418
Monumentum

Aion from Villa Barberini
This lion-headed marble was found on the ruins of the Alban Villa of Domitianus.
TNMM276 – CIMRM 326
Mithraeum

Mithräum von Groß-Gerau
In the Mithraeum of Gross Gerau, discovered in 1989, a statue of Mercury, a lion and an altar were found.
TNMM617
Monumentum

Scratched words of Kamerios
'Hail to Kamerios the Pater' can be read on one of the walls of the mithraeum at Dura Europos.
TNMM614 – CIMRM 67
Patri / vita / Ka/merio.
Monumentum

Graffiti to Kamerios from Dura Europos Mithraeum
The text mentions a certain Kamerios, described as immaculate miles.
TNMM467 – CIMRM 59
Νάμα Καμ/ερίω στρα/τιώτη / άκερίω.
Monumentum

Frescoes from the tomb of Aelius Magnus and Aelia Arisuth in Oea
The Mithraic nature of the frescoes of Oea, according to the scholars Cumont and Vermaseren, is now questioned.
TNMM575 – CIMRM 113, 114
D(is) M(anibus) s(acrum) / Aelia Arisuth / vixit annus / sexaginta plus minus. // Quae lea iacet.
Monumentum

Tauroctony of La Bâtie-Montsaléon
This damaged relief of Mithras killing the bull found in 1804 and formerly exposed at Gap, is now lost.
TNMM500 – CIMRM 898, 899
[Deo Soli in]victo M. Iulius Maternia/[n]us ex voto.
Mithraeum

Mithréum de Valromey
This temple of Mithras has been discovered under the Church in Vieux-en-Val-Romey, in 1869.
TNMM295 – CIMRM 909, 910