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Monuments to Mithras

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

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Altar dedicated by Pater Patrum Augentius
This altar, now lost, mentions that the Pater Patrum passed on the attributes of the sacred Corax to his son.
TNMM445 – CIMRM 403
Dd(ominis) nn(ostris) Valente V et Valentiniano / iuniore primum Augg(ustis) VI idus april(es) / tradidit hierocoracica Aur(elius) Victor / Augentius v(ir) c(larissimus) p(ater) p(atrum) filio suo Emi…
Monumentum

Stele of the Arch of San Lazzaro
This stele found at the foot of the Aventine bears an inscription of Kastos father and son, and mentions several syndexioi who shared the same temple.
TNMM443 – CIMRM 473
Mithraeum

Mitreo all'Arco di San Lazzaro
Three mithraic monuments were found in 1931, suggesting that a mithraeum probably existed in the area.
TNMM442 – CIMRM 472
Mithraeum

Mitreo Fagan
The Mitreo Fagan revealed remarkable sculptures of leon-headed figures now exposed at the Vatican Museum.
TNMM98 – CIMRM 309
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Macerata
The Macerata Tauroctony shows Mithra slaying the bull with the usual Pyrigian cap and six rays around his head.
TNMM392 – CIMRM 690, 691
[I]nvicto Propitio / Sal(vius) Novanio / [L]ucianus / d(onum) p(osuit)
Monumentum

Oceaunus of Mérida
The sculpture of Oceanus in Merida bears an inscription by the Pater Patrorum Gaius Accius Hedychrus.
TNMM428 – CIMRM 778, 779
G(aius) Acc(ius) Hedychrus / p(ater) patrum
Mithraeum

Mitreo di Felicissimo
The Mithraeum Felicissimus has a floor mosaic depicting the seven mithraic grades.
TNMM7 – CIMRM 299
Felicissimvs / ex voto f[ecit]
Monumentum

Petrogeny of San Clemente
Mithras birth from the knees upwards emerging from a rock and wearing as usual a Phrygian cap.
TNMM435 – CIMRM 344
Monumentum

Small Aion from unkown provenence
Its base is partially broken, so it is unclear if the figure was standing on a globe, an expected position, or not.
TNMM433
Mithraeum

Mithräum von Saarbrücken
The Mithraeum in Halberg hill, near Saarbrücken, is one of the oldest historical places in the area.
TNMM47 – CIMRM 1001
Monumentum

Tauroctonia del Mitreo de Duino
TNMM194
Mithraeum

La grotta del Mitreo
The site was destroyed in the 5th century but some elements, including the benches, can still been seen.
TNMM39
Monumentum

Tauroctony relief of Sarmizegetusa
This relief of Mithras slaying the bull incorporates the scene of the god carrying the bull and its birth from a rock.
TNMM432 – CIMRM 2063
Monumentum

Round Tauroctony of Split
The round relief of Mithras killing the bull of Split is surrounded by a circle with Sun, Moon, Saturn and some unusual animals.
TNMM367 – CIMRM 1861
Monumentum

Venus of Mérida small sculpture
The lack of attributes and its decontextualisation prevent us from attributing a specific Mithraic attribution to this small Venus pudica from Mérida.
TNMM429 – CIMRM 785
Monumentum

Aion of Mérida
The Aion-Chronos of Mérida was found near the bullring of the current city, once capital of the Roman province Hispania Ulterior.
TNMM181 – CIMRM 777
Monumentum

Mithraic vase of Lezoux
This terracotta vase features prolific decoration, including Mithras Tauroctonos, Fortuna, Cautes, a dog and Pan playing a syrinx.
TNMM398 – CIMRM 908
Monumentum

Aesculapius of Merida
This standing sculptural figure from Mérida appears to carry the serpent staff, characteristic of the medicine god Aesculapius.
TNMM425 – CIMRM 786
Monumentum

Venus pudica of Mérida
The Venus pudica of Merida stands next to the young Amor riding a dolplhin.
TNMM423 – CIMRM 784
Monumentum

Cautes of Mérida
This nude male figure, found at Cerro de San Albín, Mérida, has been identified as Cautes.
TNMM421