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Monuments to Mithras

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

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Inscription on the base of a statue from Stabiae
This inscription on white marble by Lucius Gavidius uses the term ther cultores to refer to his Mithraic community in Stabiae, Italy.
TNMM600, 463
Aug(usto) s[a]crum. / L. Gavidius A[…]t[…] / cultoribus dei M[i]thr[ae] / donum d(edit) d(edicavit) li[b(ens) me]r(ito).
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Altar of Firmidius Severinus from Geneva
This limestone altar bears an inscription from its donor, Firmidius Severinus, in honour of Mithras after 26 years of service in the Legio VIII Augusta.
TNMM599 – CIMRM 916, 547
Deo invicto / genio loci / Firmidius Se/verinus mi(les) /leg(ionis) VIII aug(ustae) p(iae) f(idelis) / c(onstantis) C(ommodae) stip(endiorum) XXVI aram / ex voto pro salute / sua v(otum) s(olvit) l(ib…
Mithraeum

Mithréum de Mandelieu
Excavations in 1979 on the remains of the church of Notre-Dame d'Avigonet in Mandelieu, Alpes-Maritimes, brought to light a small mithraeum.
TNMM598, 729
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Mithraic brooch of Ostia
In the Mithraic bronze brooch found in Ostia, Cautes and Cautopates have been replaced by a nightingale and a cock.
TNMM369 – CIMRM 318, 759
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Fragments of a Mithriac relief with Jupiter and Sol
These three fragments of carved marble depict Jupiter, Sol, Luna and a naked man wearing a Phrygian cap, with inscriptions calling Mithras Sanctus Dominum.
TNMM594 – CIMRM 332, 645
[Domi]no sanct[o / o]ptimo maxim[o / sa]lutari iussu eius / libens dedit / [M(arcus)] Modius Ag/[atho] cum / [suis pro Faus]to / pat[rono]. Dedit M. Modius [Agatho] / sancto domino / invicto Mithra…
Mithraeum

Mitreo di Piazza della Navicella
Several fragmentary Mithraic remains dedicated by a certain Agatho in the Caelius suggest that a Mithraeum existed in the area.
TNMM595 – CIMRM 327, 474
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Relief of Jupiter, Juno and Minerva
This marble relief bears an inscription by Marcus Modius Agatho, who dedicated several monuments to Mithras on the Caelian Hill in Rome.
TNMM597 – CIMRM 328, 718
Opt[i]mus maximus / Caelus aeternus Iup[i]/ter Iunoni Reginae / Minervae iussus liben[s] / dedit pro salutem suam / M(arcus) Modius Agatho et pr[o] / Fausti patroni hominis s(ancti?) / et Helpidis sua…
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Altar with Minerva and a water god
According to the inscription on it, this altar probably supported a statue of Jupiter.
TNMM596 – CIMRM 330, 665
Iovi optimo maximo / caelestino fontibus et / Minervae et collegio / sanctissimo quod consis/tit in praedis Larci / Macedonis. / In curia. / Flavius Successus cum suis.
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Slab of Sol Invictus
The slab of the Sun god has not yet connected to Mithras.
TNMM249 – CIMRM 373, 1426
Soli invicto / pro salute imp(eratorum) / et genio n(umeri) / eq(uitum) sing(ula- rium) / eorum M. Ulp(ius) / Chresimus sace[rd(os)] / Iovis Dolich[eni] / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) [m(erito)]
Mithraeum

Mithréum of Strasbourg
Lors de la construction de l’église Saint-Paul en 1911, un mithraeum a été mis au jour à Königshoffen, vicus gallo-romain situé aux abords du camp légionnaire de Strasbourg-Argentorate.
TNMM217 – CIMRM 1335, 2198
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Aion from Muti's gardens
The lion-headed marble from Muti's gardens has a serpent entwined in four coils around his body.
TNMM296 – CIMRM 551, 656
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Dedication inscription from Koenigshoffen Mithraeum
The inscription reports the restoration of the coloured painting of the main relief of the Mithraeum by a veteran of the Legio VIII Augusta.
TNMM253 – CIMRM 1361, 894
In h(onorem) d(omus) d(ivinae) deo Invic/to M(ithrae) C(aius) Celsinius / Matutinus veter(anus) / leg(ionis) VIII Aug(ustae) Alexan/drianae typum / de suo repinx(it)
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Consecration for Mars Meder
The relief of naked Roman soldier, wearing a mantle and a Phrygian cap, has been related to the Mithras' cult.
TNMM216, 557
D(eo) Medru Matu/tina Cobnert(i)
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Cautes and Cautopates of Friedberg
These two reliefs of Cautes and Cautopates where found in the south corner of one of the Mithraea of Friedberg, Hesse.
TNMM593 – CIMRM 1055, 390
D(eo) I(nvicto) M(ithrae) / Cautopati
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Gnostic amulet with Mithras monogram
This silver amulet depicts Abraxas on one side and the first verses of the Book of Genesis in Hebrew on the other.
TNMM549, 1467
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Taurcotony sculpture from Sidon
The Mithras killing the bull sculpture from Sidon, currently Lebanon.
TNMM156 – CIMRM 76, 1042
Φλ. Γερόντιος, πατὴρ νόμιμος τῶν τελετῶν τοῦ θεοῦ εὐχαριστῶν αφιερωσάτω τῷ φ̕ ἔτει.
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Colchester
One of the rooms in a sustantive masonry building in Hollytrees Meadow was considered to be a Mithreum, a theory that has now been discarded.
TNMM73 – CIMRM 829, 608
Mithraeum

Mithraeum under the Basilica of S. Lorenzo
In 1938 this Mithraeum was found 3.45 mtrs under the Basilica of S. Lorenzo in Damaso, in a cellar near the Sacrament's Chapel.
TNMM438 – CIMRM 421, 762
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Tauroctony of the Villa Borghese
This relief of Mithras slaying the bull was erected in Piazza del Campidoglio, moved to Villa Borghese and is now in the Louvre Museum.
TNMM131 – CIMRM 415, 1185
Nama Sebesio. / Deo Soli invict[o] Mitrhe (sic!) / C(aii) Aufidii Ianuarius [et…] Nam/a/ ne CS
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Tauroctony relief from Crikvine
This relief of Mithras killing the sacred bull was found in 1908 near Klisa, in the surroundings of Salona, the ancient capital of Roman Dalmatia.
TNMM591 – CIMRM 1871, 461