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Monuments to Mithras

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

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Lion-headed figure of Mérida
The lion-headed figure, Aion, from Mérida, wears oriental knickers fastened at the waist by a cinch strap.
TNMM241 – CIMRM 776
Monumentum

Aion gold figurine from Geneva
This small golden figurine seems to represent the Mithraic god Aion, as usual surrounded by a serpent.
TNMM133
Monumentum

Mitra de Cabra
The Mithras of Cabra is the only full preserved Tauroctony sculpture found in Spain yet.
TNMM136 – CIMRM 771
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Rudchester
The Mithraeum of Rudchester was discovered in 1844 on the brow of the hill outside the roman station.
TNMM78 – CIMRM 838
Monumentum

Altar with inscription of Sentinum
This altar found in Sentinum bears an inscription from two brothers.
TNMM572 – CIMRM 689
Invicto / prosedente / Sevio Facundo / Umbri / Rufinus et / Aemilianus / leones.
Monumentum

Altar with inscription of Bingen
The monument was dedicated by two brothers, one of them being the Pater of his community.
TNMM519 – CIMRM 1243
In h(onorem) d(omus) d(ivinae) / deo invicto / Mytrhe (sic!) ara/m ex voto dei / de suo impen/dio instituer(unt) / A(ulus) Gratius Iuven/is pater sacroru/m et A(ulus) Gratius Po/tens m(iles) l(egionis…
Mithraeum

Mithraeum I of Stockstadt
The Mithraeum I in Stockstadt contained images of Mithras but also of Mercury, Hercules, Diana and Epona, among others.
TNMM400
Mithraeum

Mithraeum II of Stockstadt
The Mithraeum II in Stockstadt was in fact the first one known built in the vicus. It was destroyed by fire around 210.
TNMM573
Monumentum

Album of Sentinum
This inscription reveals the names of 36 cultori of Sentinum, one of whom bears the title of pater leonum.
TNMM570 – CIMRM 688
Cultores D(ei) S(olis) I(nvicti) Mithrae / patroni, prosedente C. Propertio Profuturo. Coiedius Proculus / Ligurius Theodotus / Mussius Vindex / Coiedius Hilarianus / Sentin(as) pater leonum Ianuar…
Monumentum

Inscription of two Gessius from Sentinum
Gessius Castus and Gessius Severus have placed a decorated stutue and left testimony on this inscription below.
TNMM571 – CIMRM 687
Dicatus V id(us) Sept(embres) Antonino aug(usto) II et sacerdote II co(n)s(ulibus) N(umini) s(ancto) S(olis) i(nvicti) Mithrae / duo Gessi Castus / et Severus simu/lacrum exoma/tum voto posu/erunt. …
Mithraeum

Mitreo di Spoleto
The Mithraeum of Spoleto was found in 1878 by the professor Fabio Gori on behalf of Marquis Filippo Marignoli, owner of the land.
TNMM19 – CIMRM 673
Mithraeum

Mitreo di Fructosus
The Mithraeum of Frutosus was in a temple assigned to the guild of the stuppatores.
TNMM40 – CIMRM 226
Monumentum

Inscription of Victorinus from Tibur
This tabula marmorea was consecrated by a certain slave Vitorinus in Tibur, nowadays Tivoli, near Rome.
TNMM569 – CIMRM 214
Soli invicto Mithrae. / Sicuti ipse se in visu / iussit refici / Victorinus Caes(aris) n(ostri) / verna dispensator / numini praesenti suis in/pend(i)s reficiendum / curavit dedicav[itque]. / Nama cun…
Mithraeum

Mitreo Aldobrandini
The Mithraeum of Aldobrandini was excavated in 1924 by G. Calza on the premises belonging to the Aldobrandini family.
TNMM42 – CIMRM 232
Monumentum

Tauroctonia del Cortile del Belvedere
White marble relief depicting Mithras slaying the bull, dedicated by Atimetus.
TNMM210 – CIMRM 546, 547
Soli invicto deo / Atimetus Aug(ustorum) n(ostrorum) ser(vus) act(uarius) praediorum Romaniarorum.
Mithraeum

Mitreo di San Clemente
The Mithraeum under the Basilica of San Clemente made part of a notable Roman house.
TNMM13 – CIMRM 338
Monumentum

Inscription of two lions from Angera
This marble base found in Angera in 1868 bears the inscription of two people who reached the degree of Leo.
TNMM567 – CIMRM 718
Cautopati sac[r(um)] / M(arcus) Status Nig[er] / VI vir aug(ustalis) c(reatus) d(ecreto) d(ecurionum) [M(ediolanensium)] / leg(atus?) dend(rophorum) c(oloniae) A(ureliae?) A(ugustae?) M(ediolanii) / e…
Monumentum

Tauroctony of the Loggia Scoperta
Currently in the Musei Vaticani, this Tauroctony includes Mithras's birth restored as Venus anaduomene.
TNMM209 – CIMRM 556, 625
Val(erius) Marinus pater sign(um) ǀ Invicti Mitrhe ex voto po(suit).
Mithraeum

Mitreo del Circo Massimo
The Mithraeum of the Circus Maximus was discovered in 1931 during work carried out to create a storage area for the scenes and costumes of the Opera House within the Museums of Rome building.
TNMM15 – CIMRM 434
Mithraeum

Mithräum von Königsbrunn
The Mithraeum of Koenigsbrunn is the only one preserved in the ancient Roman province of Rhaetia, current Bavaria.
TNMM52