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Monuments to Mithras

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

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  • Monumentum

    Aion altar of Bordeaux

    The altar depicting a lion-headed figure from Bordeaux includes a sculpted ewer and a patera on the sides.

    TNMM138, 1088

  • Mithraeum

    Mithréum de Bordeaux

    C’est en 1986, à l’occasion de la restructuration de l’ancien magasin Parunis, qu’une fouille de sauvetage archéologique fut réalisée cours Victor Hugo.

    TNMM18, 1543

  • Mithraeum

    Mithräum von Osterburken

    The Mithraeum of Osterburken could not be excavated bodily owing to the water of a well in the immediate neighbourhood. The monument had been covered carefully with sand.

    TNMM70 – CIMRM 1291, 1162

  • Monumentum

    Aion of Arles

    The Aion of Arles includes nine signs of the zodiac in three groups of three, between the spirals of the serpent.

    TNMM148 – CIMRM 879, 980

  • Monumentum

    Cautes Borcovicus

    The head this statue of Cautes from Carrawburgh has been lost.

    TNMM130 – CIMRM 854, 543

  • Mithraeum

    Mithraeum of Tienen

    The temple contained hundreds of ceramic vessels and animal bones, which may indicated that a grand Mithraic feast was celebrated before its closing.

    TNMM182, 1539

  • Monumentum

    Antiochus I shakes hands with naked Apollo-Mithras-Helios

    Stele representing Apollo-Mithras-Helios in a Hellenistic nude fashion, shaking hands with Antiochus I.

    TNMM556, 1329

  • Monumentum

    Bronze inscription from Aldobrandini

    This plaque, now on display in the British Museum, may have come from the Aldobrandini Mithraeum in Ostia.

    TNMM119 – CIMRM 234, 726

    SEX POMPEIO SEX FIL / MAXIMO / SACERDOTI SOLIS IN / VICTI MT PATRI PATRVM / QQ CORP TREIECT TOGA / TENSIVM SACERDO / TES SOLIS INVICTI MT / OB AMOREM ET MERI /TA EIVS SEMPER HA / BET
  • Monumentum

    Intaglio with Mithras and Abraxas at the Walters Art Museum

    This unusual piece depicts Mithras slaying the bull on one side and the Gnostic god Abraxas on the other.

    TNMM544 – CIMRM 2364, 800

    ιαω
  • Monumentum

    Syncretistic amulet Abraxas-Mithras

    This syncretic amulet depicting Abraxas and the word MIΘPAZ was once displayed in the Cappello Museum of Venice.

    TNMM548, 1553

  • Monumentum

    Altar to Sol by brothers of Budaors

    This fragmented altar was erected by two brothers from the Legio II Adiutrix who also built a temple.

    TNMM558 – CIMRM 1793, 452

    Sol(i) Soc(io) / M(arcus) Aur(elius) Fron/tinianus / et M(arcus) Aur(elius) Fr[o]/nto mil(ites) leg(ionis) /II Ad(iutricis) fratres / templ(um) const(ituerunt) / Antonino / IIII co(n)s(ule).
  • Monumentum

    Petrogeny of Sibiu

    As usual, the solar god rises a dagger with one of his hands while emerges from the rock.

    TNMM434 – CIMRM 2184, 512

  • Monumentum

    Felsgeburt des Mithras

    Mithras Petrogenitus, born from the rock, from the Mithraeum of Carnuntum III.

    TNMM237 – CIMRM 1687, 990

  • Monumentum

    Cautes of Trier

    This remarkable relief by Cautes was found in what appears to be a mithraeum in Trier.

    TNMM588, 548

  • Monumentum

    Altar to Mithras and Mars of Mainz

    This altar has been unusually dedicated to both gods Mithras and Mars at Mogontiacum, present-day Mainz.

    TNMM513, 742

    D(eo) I(nvicto) M(ithrae) / et Marti / Secundini/us Amantius / cornicu(larius) / praef(ecti) leg(ionis) / XXII permi/ttente Pri/mulo patre / ex voto pos/uit l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito).
  • Monumentum

    Inscription of Vaison-la-Romaine

    This is one of the few known Mithraic inscriptions dedicated by a member who attained the grade of Perses.

    TNMM516 – CIMRM 887, 396

    L. Apronius / Chrysomal/lus / ob gradum per/sicum / dedicavit.
  • Monumentum

    Ara of the Mithraeum of Lugo

    Victorius Victorious, centurion of the Legio VII, erected the altar in honour of the Lugo garrison and of the Victorius Secundus and Victor, his freedmen.

    TNMM189, 680

    Deo / Inuic(to) Mithrae / G(aius) Victorius Vic/torinus (centurio) L(egionis) VII G(emina) / Antonianiae P(iae) F(elicis) / in honorem sta/tionis lucensis / et Victoriorum / Secundi et Vic/toris lib(e…
  • Mithraeum

    Villa romana de Fuente Álamo

    One of the rooms of the villa has been interpreted as a mithraeum, but we do not have enough evidence to confirm this.

    TNMM72, 890

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of the Gran Mitreo de Mérida

    These fragments of a monumental tauroctony found in the Cerro de San Albín must have decorated the Gran Mitreo de Mérida, which has not yet been found.

    TNMM584, 825

  • Mithraeum

    Mithraeum of the Baths of Caracalla

    The Mitreo delle terme di Caracalla is one of the largest temples dedicated to Mithras ever found in Rome.

    TNMM16 – CIMRM 457, 2846

 
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