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Monuments to Mithras

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

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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, 644

    D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / Aurelius Heraclides / et Agathopus fra/tres v(otum) s(olverunt) l(ibentes) m(erito).
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    Monumentum

    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, 1217

    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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    Monumentum

    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, 488

    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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    Monumentum

    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, 564

    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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    Monumentum

    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, 866

    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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    Monumentum

    Goblet of Angers

    The spherical ceramic cup found at the Mithraeum in Angers bears an inscription to the unconquered god Mithras.

    TNMM452, 551

    ---]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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    Monumentum

    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, 660

    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 …
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    Monumentum

    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, 540

    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…
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    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, 480

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    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, 562

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    Mithraeum

    Mitreo Fagan

    The Mitreo Fagan revealed remarkable sculptures of leon-headed figures now exposed at the Vatican Museum.

    TNMM98 – CIMRM 309, 701

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    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, 484

    [I]nvicto Propitio / Sal(vius) Novanio / [L]ucianus / d(onum) p(osuit)
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    Monumentum

    Oceaunus of Mérida

    The sculpture of Oceanus in Merida bears an inscription by the Pater Patrorum Gaius Accius Hedychrus.

    TNMM428 – CIMRM 778, 673

    G(aius) Acc(ius) Hedychrus / p(ater) patrum
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    Mithraeum

    Mitreo di Felicissimo

    The Mithraeum Felicissimus has a floor mosaic depicting the seven mithraic grades.

    TNMM7 – CIMRM 299, 2395

    Felicissimvs / ex voto f[ecit]
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    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, 647

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    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, 570

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    Mithraeum

    Mithräum von Saarbrücken

    The Mithraeum in Halberg hill, near Saarbrücken, is one of the oldest historical places in the area.

    TNMM47 – CIMRM 1001, 1192

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    Monumentum

    Tauroctonia del Mitreo de Duino

    TNMM194, 386

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    Mithraeum

    La grotta del Mitreo

    The site was destroyed in the 5th century but some elements, including the benches, can still been seen.

    TNMM39, 1076

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    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, 1226

 
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