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Monuments to Mithras

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

New: Consult all cross-database references at The New Mithraeum.

Mithraeum

Cerro de San Albín
Although the site at Cerro de San Albín is not a Mithraeum, archaeologists have found several monuments related to the cult of Mithras.
TNMM29 – CIMRM 772, 1705
Monumentum

Feast from Mérida
This scene of a feast from Mérida shows three persons at a table with other people standing beside them, one holding a bull’s head on a plate.
TNMM300 – CIMRM 782, 793
Monumentum

Tabula ansata of Lucius from Bremenium
This inscription commemorates the building of a mithraeum in Bremenium with fellow worshippers of Mithras.
TNMM566 – CIMRM 876, 741
Deo invicto [[et]] Soli soc(io) / sacrum. Pro salute et / incolumitate imp(eratoris) Caes(aris) / M(arci) Aureli Antonini pii felic(is) / aug(usti) L(ucius) Caecilius Optatus / trib(unus) coh(ortis) I…
Monumentum

Altar for Cautopates from Ptuj
Altar for Cautopates.
TNMM1385 – CIMRM 1505
Cautopa/ti sac(rum) / Cresce(n)s / Gabini Antoni / ser(vus) v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).
Monumentum

Taurcotonia Dorée
TNMM 365.
TNMM153, 476
Monumentum

Procession Fresco from Santa Prisca
Figures in procession, each representing a different grade of Mithraic initiation, labeled with their respective titles.
TNMM115 – CIMRM 480, 1878
Nama [patribus] / ab oriente / ad occidente(m) / tutela Saturni. [Na]ma H[eliodromis] / tute[l]a S[ol]is. [Na]ma Persis / tutela [Mer]curis. Nama L[e]on[i]b[us] j tutela Iovis. Nama Militibus j tutela…
Monumentum

Tauroctony of the Mitreo delle terme di Mitra
The person who commanded the sculpture may have been M. Umbilius Criton, documented in the Mitreo della Planta Pedis.
TNMM108 – CIMRM 230, 1256
Κρίτων / Ἀθηναιος / έποίει.
Monumentum

Tauroctony marble from Mitreo Fagan
This sculpture of Mithras killing the bull was dedicated to the ’incomprehensible god’ by a certain priest called Gaius Valerius Heracles.
TNMM106 – CIMRM 310, 806
Sig(num) imdeprehensivilis dei G(aius) Valerius Heracles sacerdos s(ua) p(ecunia) p(osuit). L(ucius) Sextius Karus et.
Monumentum

Frescoes with standing figures of Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte
The frescoes depict several figures dressed in different garments associated with the Mithraic degrees.
TNMM104 – CIMRM 268, 905
Monumentum

Busto de Livia
Lead.
TNMM109, 482
Monumentum

CIMRM 978
Fragment of a trachyte brazier.
TNMM1353 – CIMRM 978
Monumentum

Fresco scene from Mitreo of Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Fresco showing a scene of initiation into the mysteries of Mithras in the Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere.
TNMM234 – CIMRM 188, 1515
Monumentum

Raven from Stockstadt
The Stockstadt Raven is one of only two standing-alone sculptures of this bird to be found in Mithraic statuary.
TNMM410 – CIMRM 1192, 668
Monumentum

CIMRM 880
This lamp, depicting a man slicing his victim into pieces with a sword, was believed to be associated with the Cult of Mithras.
TNMM1294 – CIMRM 880
Monumentum

Frescoes of lions at Santa Prisca
Procession of Leones carrying animals, bread, a krater, and other objects in preparation for a feast.
TNMM498 – CIMRM 481, 1167
Nama Nicephoro leoni; nama Theodoro leoni. Nama Hel[io]doro leoni; Nama Gelasio leoni; Nama Phoebo leoni.
Monumentum

CIMRM 597
Fragment of a greyish marble relief depicting Mithras slaying the bull beneath a rocky grotto.
TNMM1112 – CIMRM 597
Monumentum

CIMRM 615
Roman stone low-relief depicting Mithras as a bull-slayer, with the upper part of his head missing.
TNMM1123 – CIMRM 615
Monumentum

CIMRM 496
Upper part of a goddess Fortuna of marble from Luna.
TNMM1048 – CIMRM 496
Monumentum

Stars of the Mitreo de Santa Maria Capua Vetere
The vault of the Mithraeum in S. Capua Vetere is decorated with stars that have holes in their centers, which once held colorful glass decorations.
TNMM175, 682
Mithraeum

Gran mitreo de Mérida
Jaime Alvar speculates that the Gran Mitreo de Mérida could have been located in this area, based on a series of materials unearthed by Mélida during the excavations of 1926 and 1927.
TNMM585, 657