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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 Kabiros
This intaglio with Mithras killing the bull on one side and Kabiros on the other was probably used as a magical amulet.
TNMM551 – CIMRM 2366
Monumentum

Intaglio of chalcedony at the BnF
This intaglio depicting Mithras killing the bull is preserved at the Bibliothèque national de France.
TNMM279
Monumentum

Intaglio of Mithras Tauroctonus at the Walters Art Museum
This ancient carnelian intaglio mounted in gold depicts Mithras slaying the bull surrounded by his companions Cautes and Cautopates.
TNMM543 – CIMRM 2367
Mithraeum

Mitreo della Piazza Dante
The Mithraeum located in Piazza Dante in Rome was discovered in 1874 along with a series of monuments dedicated by a Pater named Primus.
TNMM379 – CIMRM 349
Monumentum

Cautopates in the Walters Art Museum
This fragmentary relief shows Cautopates bordered by three of the six zodiacal signs with which He is associated: Capricorn, Sagittarius and Scorpio.
TNMM545
Monumentum

Bronze plaque of Mithras slaying the bull
Mithras Tauroctony on bronze exposed at the Metropolitan Museum of New York.
TNMM137
Monumentum

Plaque with the list of worshippers of Virunum
The bronze bears the dedication of a restoration of a Mithraeum carried out in 183.
TNMM375
D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) pro salute imp(eratoris) [[Commodi]] Auglustil pii / qui templum vii conlapsum impendio suo restituerunt / et mortalitat8is) causa convener(unt) / Marullo et Aeliano coln/s(…
Monumentum

Altar of Kalkar
This altar found at ancient Burginatum is the northernmost in situ Mithraic find on the continent.
TNMM507
D(eo) I(nvicto) I(mperatori) / Ulp(ius) ( Am(---) · ( p(ater) / s(acrorum) aes · ex ius-su · ip·sius
Monumentum

Altar with inscription from Baetulo
This altar was dedicated to Cautes by a certain Lucius in Baetulo (Badalona), near Barcino (Barcelona).
TNMM541
K(auti) deo / L(ucius) Valer(ius) Monteius / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).
Monumentum

Altar of Carrawburgh by Antonius Proculus
One of the three altars to Mithras found at the Mithraeum of Carrawburgh fort.
TNMM527 – CIMRM 845
Deo Inv(icto) M(ithrae) / L(ucius) Antonius / Proculus / praef(ectus) coh(ortis) I Bat(avorum) Antoninianae / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).
Monumentum

Mercury of Mérida
The statue of Mercury in Merida bears a dedication from the Roman Pater of a community in the city in 155.
TNMM394 – CIMRM 780, 781
Ann(o) col(oniae) CLXXX / invicto deo Mithrae / sacr(um) / G(aius) Accius Hedychrus / Pater / a(nimo) (libente) plosuit).
Monumentum

Altar of Klechovtse
The limestone altar at Klechovtse in North Macedonia bears an inscription to the invincible Mithras.
TNMM414 – CIMRM 2209
[D(eo) i(nvicto)] M(ithrae) / fano mag(no) / pro sal(ute) Aug[g(ustorum)] n(ostrorum) / Apollonides / eorund(em) vect(igalis) Il/lyr(ici) ser(vus) (contra)sc(riptor) st(ationis) / Lamud(---) quam vove…
Monumentum

Plaque of Milan by Ulbius Gaianus
This monument dedicated to 'Invicto Patrio' was found in Milan in 1869.
TNMM530 – CIMRM 709
Invicto / patrio / Ulb(ius) Gaianus / praef(ectus) vehic(ulorum).
Monumentum

Tauroctonia de Walbrook
The image of Mithras killing the bull, found near Walbrook, is surrounded by a Zoadiac circle.
TNMM120 – CIMRM 810, 811
Ulpius Silvanus / factis Arausione / emeritus leg(ionis) II aug(ustae) / votum solvit.
Monumentum

Tauroctony stele of Nicopolis ad Istrum
The Tauroctony of Nicopolis ad Istrum is unique as it is the only Mithraic stele befitting a Greek donor.
TNMM341 – CIMRM 2264, 2265
Ἀγαθῆι τύχηι. Ἡλίῳ | Μίθρᾳ | θεῷ | ἐπηκόῳ || Αὐρ(ήλιος) | Μᾶρκος | γναφεὺς | τὸ συήλιον | σὺν τῇ || ζωγραφίᾳ | κ…
Monumentum

Dionysus group marble of London
Marble group of Dionysus accompanied by a Silenus on a donkey, a satyr and a menead.
TNMM195 – CIMRM 822, 823
Hominibus bagis bitam.
Monumentum

Slab of S. Urban by Ursinus
Marble plaque with inscription by a certain Ursinus found in Virunum in 1838.
TNMM532 – CIMRM 1443
Deo invic/to Metras / Ursianus do/num posuet.
Monumentum

Arula by Lucius Petreius of Cabrera de Mar
Small arula with mithraic inscription and dedication to Cautes from a garlic merchant.
TNMM471
K(auti) d(eo) / L(ucius) Petre/ius Vic/tor ali/arius / d(eo) K(auti) M(ithrae) / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).
Monumentum

Frescoes of 'Magis' from Dura Europos
Some scholars have speculated that the scrolls both figures hold in their hands represent Eastern doctrines brought to the Western world.
TNMM372 – CIMRM 44
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Tauroctony on display in Princeton
This sculpture of Mithras killing the bull may come from Rome, probably found in 1919.
TNMM282 – CIMRM 605