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Monuments to Mithras

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

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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

    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

  • 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

 
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