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Monuments to Mithras

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

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    Inscription of Victorinus from Tibur

    This tabula marmorea was consecrated by a certain slave Vitorinus in Tibur, nowadays Tivoli, near Rome.

    TNMM569 – CIMRM 214, 529

    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…
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    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, 670

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    Monumentum

    Tauroctonia del Cortile del Belvedere

    White marble relief depicting Mithras slaying the bull, dedicated by Atimetus.

    TNMM210 – CIMRM 546, 767

    Soli invicto deo / Atimetus Aug(ustorum) n(ostrorum) ser(vus) act(uarius) praediorum Romaniarorum.
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    Mithraeum

    Mitreo di San Clemente

    The Mithraeum under the Basilica of San Clemente made part of a notable Roman house.

    TNMM13 – CIMRM 338, 8077

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    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, 341

    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…
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    Monumentum

    Tauroctony of the Loggia Scoperta

    Currently in the Musei Vaticani, this Tauroctony includes Mithras's birth restored as Venus anaduomene.

    TNMM209 – CIMRM 556, 664

    Val(erius) Marinus pater sign(um) ǀ Invicti Mitrhe ex voto po(suit).
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    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, 2404

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    Mithraeum

    Mithräum von Königsbrunn

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

    TNMM52, 1278

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    Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Santa Maria Capua Vetere

    The main fresco of the Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere portrays Mithras slaughtering a white bull.

    TNMM169 – CIMRM 181, 1375

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    Monumentum

    Mithras taurophorus of Ptuj

    The sculpture of Mithras carrying the bull includes an inscription on its base.

    TNMM316 – CIMRM 1494, 799

    Transitu / C(aius) Caecina / Calpurnius / temp(lum) redemi(t) et restitu(it).
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    Monumentum

    Altar with inscription and symbolic figures from Ptuj

    This altar from Ptuj, present-day Poetovio, is decorated with various Mithraic animals such as a tortoise, a cock and a crow and other objects.

    TNMM413 – CIMRM 1496, 795

    Invict(o) Mithrae / et Transitu dei / Theodorus p(ublici) p(ortorii) / scrut(ator) stat(ionis) Poet(ovionensis) / ex visu.
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    Mithraeum

    Mithraeum II of Ptuj

    Mithraeum II was found at Ptuj at a distance of 20 m south of the Mithraeum I in 1901.

    TNMM187 – CIMRM 1509, 587

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    Mithraeum

    Mithraeum III of Ptuj

    Mithraeum III in Ptuj was built in two periods: the original walls were made of pebbles, while the extension of a later period was made of brick.

    TNMM60 – CIMRM 1578, 1498

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    Mithraeum

    Mithraeum V of Ptuj

    Part of the finds from the fifth Mithraeum of Ptuj is kept in the Hotel Mitra in the modern city.

    TNMM565, 528

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    Monumentum

    Tauroctony on altar of Ptuj

    Remarkable fragmentary sculpture of Mithras slaying the bull on an inscribed altar found in Mithraeum III at Ptuj.

    TNMM564 – CIMRM 1589, 627

    D(eo) S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / pro (sa) salute /canaliclari / et actariorum /et codicarior(um) / et librariorum / leg(ionum) V M(acedonicae) et XIII g(eminae) / Gallienarum.
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    Monumentum

    Altar of Carrawburgh by Aulus Cluentius

    One of the three altars to Mithras found at the Mithraeum of Carrawburgh fort.

    TNMM529 – CIMRM 846, 634

    D(eo) in(victo) M(ithrae) s(acrum) / Aul(us) Cluentius / Habitus pra(e)f(ectus) / coh(ortis) I / Batavorum / domu Ulti/n(i)a Colon(ia) / Sept(imia) Aur(elia) L(arino) / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(eri…
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    Mithraeum

    Mitreo Barberini

    The Barberini Mithraeum was discovered in 1936 in the garden of the Palazzo Barberini, owned by Conte A. Savorgnan di Brazza.

    TNMM14 – CIMRM 389, 1948

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    Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Fellbach

    This relief of Mithras killing the bull, now on display in Stuttgart, includes a small altar with a sacrificial knife and an oil lamp.

    TNMM563, 522

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    Mithraeum

    Mithräum von Künzing

    The Mithraeum of Kunzing was an underground building, oriented east-west. The entrance was probably on the east.

    TNMM357, 646

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    Monumentum

    Altar with inscription of Künzing

    This fragmented monument bears an inscription of a certain veteran named Valerius Magio.

    TNMM561, 415

    I(nvicto) M(ithrae)/V(alerius) Magio/vet(eranus) (h)on(esta) m(issione)/d(imissus) v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito).
 
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