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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
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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