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Monuments to Mithras

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

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Monumentum

Mithras-Sol Altar from the Carrawburgh
One of the altars from the Carrawburgh Mithraeum depicts the bust of Mithras or Sol.
TNMM180 – CIMRM 847, 929
Deo ♣ invicto ♠ / Mithrae M(arcus) Sim/plicius Simplex pr(a)ef(ectus) v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).
Monumentum

Tauroctony relief of Carnuntum
This relief found at Carnuntum represents Mithras slaughtering the bull, without the scorpion, in the sacred cave.
TNMM523, 569
Monumentum

Cautopates of Sarmizegetusa with scorpion
The Cautopates with scorpion found in 1882 in Sarmizegetusa includes an inscription of a certain slave known as Synethus.
TNMM521 – CIMRM 2120, 609
Cautopati sa(crum) / Synethus adiu[t(or)] / tabul(arii) v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).
Monumentum

Petrogeny of Sarmizegetusa
The rock of Mithra's birth in the Petrogenia of Sarmizegetusa is surrounded by a snake.
TNMM436 – CIMRM 2134, 636
Monumentum

Altar of Mérida from Quintio
This altar, which has now disappeared, was dedicated by the slave Quintio for the health of a certain Coutius Lupus.
TNMM520 – CIMRM 794, 444
Inuicto Deo / Quintio Flaui / Baetici Conim/brig(ensis) ser(uus) / pro sa(lute) Coutii Lupi
Monumentum

Altar to a Perses of S. Silvestro in Capite
This monument was erected on the occasion of the elevation of a member to the Mithraic grade of Perses.
TNMM517 – CIMRM 402, 444
Datiano et Cereale cons(ulibus) / Nonius Victor Olympius v(ir) cl(arissimus) p(ater) p(atrum) [et] / Aur(elius) Victor Augentius v(ir) c(larissimus) p(ater) / tradiderunt Persica pri(die) non(as) apri…
Monumentum

Altar of the Mitreo della Planta Pedis
The altar includes a slab with an inscription for the salvation of two emperors.
TNMM515 – CIMRM 273, 385
Pr(o) sal(ute) Augg(ustorum duorum) / S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / [L. ?] Florius Hermadio(n) / sacerdos s(ua) p(ecunia) f(ecit).
Mithraeum

Mitreo della Planta Pedis
The floor of the central aisle of the Mithraeum of the Footprint in Ostia has a mosaic depicting a snake and a footprint.
TNMM94 – CIMRM 272, 1075
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Kapıkaya
Mithras became the main deity worshipped in the sanctuary of Meter in Kapikaya, Turkey, in Roman times, at least until the fourth century.
TNMM514, 2591
Monumentum

Head of Mithras from the Mitreo degli Animali
The head of Mithras had seven holes made for fastening rays.
TNMM145 – CIMRM 280, 741
Mithraeum

Mithräum von Riegel
A votive altar referring to the cult of Mithras was found more than forty years before the site was excavated and the Mithraeum discovered.
TNMM54, 876
Mithraeum

Mithréum de Sarrebourg
The Mithraeum of Sarrebourg was discovered during operatoins for military buldings.
TNMM45 – CIMRM 965, 1069
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Perge
The Mithraeum of Pamphylia was cut back into the rock to form a cave, with a separate relief of Mithras killing the bull.
TNMM508, 699
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Fertőrákos
The temple of Mithras in Fertorakos was constructed by soldiers from the Carnuntum legion at the beginning of the 3rd century AD.
TNMM36, 1219
Mithraeum

Mithräum von Heidenfeld
TNMM89, 380
Mithraeum

Mitreo delle terme di Mitra
The Mithraeum of the terms of Mithras takes its name from being installed in the service area of the Baths of Mithras.
TNMM1 – CIMRM 229, 1132
Monumentum

Mithraic vessel of Mainz
The Mithraic vase from Ballplatz in Mainz shows seven figures performing different sequences of an initiation ritual.
TNMM235, 1548
Monumentum

Slab of the astrologer Maximus of Milan
Marcus Valerius Maximus records in this inscription his knowledge of astrology as well as the name of his wife.
TNMM494 – CIMRM 708, 456
M(arcus) Valeri[us] / Maximu[s] / sacerdo[s] / d(ei) S(olis) i(nvicti) M(ithrae) / stu[di(osus)] / astrologia[e] / sibi et / Severiae Apr[.] / uxori. / H(oc) m(onumentum) h(eredes) n(on) [s(equetur)].
Mithraeum

Mithräum von Mainz
The Mithraeum of Mainz, was discovered outside the Roman legionary fortress. Unfortunately the site was destroyed without being recorded.
TNMM359, 972
Mithraeum

Mitreo de Cabrera de Mar
The Roman villa of Can Molodell had a sanctuary that has been related to the cult of Mithras.
TNMM30, 865