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Monuments to Mithras

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

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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
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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
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
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
Monumentum

Felsgeburt des Mithras
Mithras Petrogenitus, born from the rock, from the Mithraeum of Carnuntum III.
TNMM237 – CIMRM 1687
Monumentum

Cautes of Trier
This remarkable relief by Cautes was found in what appears to be a mithraeum in Trier.
TNMM588
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
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
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
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
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
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
Monumentum

Inscription with Cautes and Cautopates of Steklen
An unusual feature of this very ancient relief is that Cautopates carries a cockerel upside down, while Cautes carries it right-side up.
TNMM510 – CIMRM 2268, 2269
Deo / Melichrisus / P. Caragoni / Philopalaestri
Monumentum

Inscription of Santi Marcellino e Pietro al Laterano
This inscription mentions a Pater for the first known time.
TNMM511 – CIMRM 362
Soli / invicto Mithrae / T. Flavius Aug(usti) lib(ertus) Hyginus / Ephebianus / d(onum) d(edit). Ἡλίῳ Μίθραι / Τ(ίτος) Φλάουιος Ὑγεῖος / διὰ Λολλίου Ρο…
Monumentum

Altar at Caseggiato di Diana
This altar was originally consecrated to Hercules and was rededicated to Mithras by Callinicus in the Mithraeum of the House of Diana.
TNMM582 – CIMRM 219, 220
M. Lollianus / Callinicus pater / aram deo / do(num) de(dit)
Mithraeum

Mitreo dei Serpenti
The Mithraeum of the Snakes preserves paintings of serpents, representing Genius Loci, part of an older private sanctuary, which were respected in the temple of Mithras.
TNMM8 – CIMRM 294
Monumentum

Altar by Hermanio of Poetovio
A certain Hermanio has been identified in the dedication of several monuments in different cities in Dacia and even in Rome.
TNMM581
Cauti // pro salute Fl(avi) / Hermadionis / et Aviti Syriac(i) / et filiorum / Felix libert(us)
Monumentum

Altar of Sarmizegetusa by Hermadio
This altar was erected by Hermadio, who also signed other monuments in Dacia and even in Rome.
TNMM578 – CIMRM 2146
Soli In/victo M/it(h)rae Ani/ceto Her/madio / votum / solvit / l(ibens) m(erito)
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Mithras triumphant over the Sun
Fresco du Mithraeum de Hawarte, Syria, depicts Mithras' victory over the Sun.
TNMM222
Monumentum

Grand camée de France
Some authors have speculated that the flying figure dressed in oriental style and holding a globe could be Mithras.
TNMM577