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Monuments to Mithras

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

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Petrogeny of Santo Stefano Rotondo
The sculpture of Mithras rock-birth from Santo Stefano Rotondo bears an inscription of Aurelius Bassinus, curator of the cult.
TNMM152
Petram genetricem / Aur(elius) Bassinus aedituus / principiorum cast(rorum) pereg(rinorum) / dedicavit hoc in loco et d(ono) d(edit) / antistante A(ulo) Caedicio / Prisciano eq(uite) R(omano) patre
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Krater with weekday gods of Trier
The vase bears an inscription to the god but also 'king' Mithras.
TNMM419
Deo [R]egi Cupiti[…] / d(ono) d(edit)
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Cilindric arula from Cabrera de Mar
Two slaves sign this small monument to Cautes.
TNMM472
K(auti) v(otum) s(olverunt) / Successus / Elaine / Caesaris
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Marble slab with inscription from Mitreo Barberini
The inscription mentions the name of the donor, Yperanthes, of Persian origin.
TNMM466 – CIMRM 391
Yperanthes / basem inbicto / donum / dedit [ab Mitra].
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Altar in Mitreo di Marino
The monument is engraved with an inscription by Cresces, the donor.
TNMM465
Invicto Ideo / Cresces / actor / Alfi / Seberi / d(onum) p(osuit).
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Inscription found in the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere
As this short inscription indicates, Aemilio Epaphorodito was both Pater and priest of the Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres.
TNMM462 – CIMRM 249
M. Aemilio / Epaphrodito / patre et sacerdote.
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Cautes and Cautópates of Palazzo Imperiale
The sculptures of Cautes and Cautopates from the Mitreo del Palazzo Imperiale may have been reused from an older mithraeum in Ostia.
TNMM143 – CIMRM 254, 255
C(aius) Caelius / Ermeros / ant/istes huius lo/ci fecit sua / pec(unia). Posit(a)e XV k(alendas) / febr(u)arias / Q(uinto) Iunio Rus/tico / L(ucio) Plaut[io] / Aquilin[o] / co[(n)s(ulibus)].
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Altar with openwork of Inveresk
The altar of Sol from Inveresk, Scotland, was pierced, probably to illuminate part of the temple with a particular effect.
TNMM459
Soli C(aius) Cas(sius ?) Fla(vianus ?) >
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Isis de Mérida
The Isis of Merida is covered by a long dress that reaches down to her feet.
TNMM424
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Cautopates from Casa del Mitreo of Mérida
The sculpture of the solar god is signed by its author, Demetrios.
TNMM242 – CIMRM 773, 774
Invicto sacrum C. Curius Avitus / Acci(o) Hedychro pa(tre). Δημήτριος ἐποίει
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Fragments of plaque from Circo Massimo
The inscription mentions the Pater Cossio Atiano.
TNMM458 – CIMRM 451
... ub sedente / Cossio / [A]tiniano / patre.
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Marble slab with inscription of Aelius Urbanus
The Mithraic fellow P. Aelius Urbanus mentions that he built the sacred area of the Mithraeum Circo Massimo.
TNMM457 – CIMRM 449
Soli invict[o Mithrae] / sacrarium [fecit] / P. Aelius Ur[banus or Urbicus] / sub A. Sergio Eutycho / sacerdote.
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Tauroctony of Circo Massimo
This remarkable marble relief from the end of the 3rd century was discovered in the most remote room of the Mithraeum in the Circo Massimo.
TNMM184 – CIMRM 435, 436
Deo Soli Invicto Mithrae Ti(tus) Cl(audius) Hermes ob votum dei typum d(onum) d(edit).
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Bronze plaque of Sisak
This small bronze tabula ansata was dedicated to Mithras by two brothers, probably not related by blood.
TNMM397 – CIMRM 1477
D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / Aurelius Heraclides / et Agathopus fra/tres v(otum) s(olverunt) l(ibentes) m(erito).
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Altar with Mithras rock-birth of Nida
The Mithraic stele from Nida depicts the Mithras Petrogenesis and the gods Cautes, Cautopates, Heaven and Ocean.
TNMM388 – CIMRM 1127
D(eo) inv(icto) Mit(hrae) / Senilius Car/antinus / c(ivis) Medio/m(atricus) V(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito) / Sive Cracissiu[s]. // P(etram) genetricem.
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Altar of Vieu
This altar was dedicated by a son to his father, one of the few Patres Patrum recorded in the western provinces.
TNMM456 – CIMRM 911
Dei i(nvicti) / M(ithrae) Patri Patru/m C(aio) Ru[t(io)] / Eutacto / C(aius) R(ufius) Viri/lis fil(ius).
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Altar of Senj made by the slave Hermes
The dedicator of this altar was a slave in the service of a high official, the prefect Gaius Antonius Rufus, known from other inscriptions.
TNMM402 – CIMRM 1846
I(nvicto) M(ithrae) / spelaeum cum / omne impen/sa Hermes C(aii) / Antoni(i) Rufi / praef(ecti) veh(iculorum) et / cond(uctoris) p(ublici) p(ortorii)/ ser(vus) vilic(us) Fortu/nat(us or -ianus) fecit.
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Inscription on the restoration of the Mithraeum of Dura Europos
Antonius Valentinus, centurio, made this plaque for the salut des empereurs Septimus Severus and Marcus Aurelius.
TNMM454 – CIMRM 53
Pro sal(ute) et incol(umitate) d(ominorum) / n(ostrorum) imp(eratorum) L. Sep(timi) Severi pii / Pert(inacis) et M. Aurel(i) Aritonini [ [ et L. Sept(imi) Geta[e] ] ] / Aug(ustorum) tem/plum dei Solis…
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Goblet of Angers
The spherical ceramic cup found at the Mithraeum in Angers bears an inscription to the unconquered god Mithras.
TNMM452
---]M [---]Deo[ inuic]to Mytrh[ae ]s Genialis ciues Ambian[in]us (or Ambian[ic]us) exuoto d[edit frat]ribus, omni loco, [ N]ama!
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Inscription of Olympus to his grandfather
This monument is the only one still available from the disappeared Mithraeum in Piazza S. Silvestro in Capite.
TNMM447 – CIMRM 406
TAMESII / AUGENTII / OLYMPII / Olim Victor avus, caelo devotus et astris Regali sumptu Phoebeia templa locavit. Hunc superat pietate nepos, cui nomen avitum est: Antra facit, sumptusque tuos nec …