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The New Mithraeum Database

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Serapis head of Walbrook

The head of Serapis found at Walbrook, London, is decorated with stylised olive branches.

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Dionysus group marble of London

Marble group of Dionysus accompanied by a Silenus on a donkey, a satyr and a menead.

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Mithraic find from London

Archaeological material from the Mithraeum of Londinium discussed in Hill’s study of Roman London.

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Altar of Carrawburgh by Antonius Proculus

One of the three altars to Mithras found at the Mithraeum of Carrawburgh fort.

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Altar of Carrawburgh by Aulus Cluentius

One of the three altars to Mithras found at the Mithraeum of Carrawburgh fort.

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Cautes from Newcastle

This limestone statue of Cautes is now exposed at Great North Museum of Newcastle.

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Mithras-Sol Altar from the Carrawburgh

One of the altars from the Carrawburgh Mithraeum depicts the bust of Mithras or Sol.

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Mithraeum of Carrawburgh

The temple of Mithras of Carrawburgh, Brocolita, disclosed three main stages of development, the second exhibiting two reconstructions.

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Mithraeum of Colchester

One of the rooms in a sustantive masonry building in Hollytrees Meadow was considered to be a Mithreum, a theory that has now been discarded.

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Mithraeum of Rudchester

The Mithraeum of Rudchester was discovered in 1844 on the brow of the hill outside the roman station.

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Ritual banquet pottery from Carrawburgh

Pair of Castor ware vessels interpreted as ritual banquet deposits from the Mithraeum of Procolitia.

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Altar to Apollo-Mithras from Whitley Castle

Sandstone altar combining imagery of Apollo, Mithras and the torchbearers Cautes and Cautopates near the Roman fort of Whitley Castle.

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Ritual lamps and cult equipment from Rudchester

Stone lamp installation, vessels and bronze chain links associated with ritual activity inside the Mithraeum of Vindobala.

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Stone laver from Rudchester

Sandstone ritual basin discovered in situ beside the north bench of the Vindobala Mithraeum.

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Heads of torchbearers from Rudchester

Sculpted stone heads and statue fragments belonging to Mithraic torchbearers from the nave of the Vindobala Mithraeum.

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Destroyed cult statue from Rudchester

Mithraic statue from Vindobala discovered in 1844 and subsequently broken up.

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Uninscribed altars from Rudchester

Group of five uninscribed ritual altars discovered at different points inside the Mithraeum of Vindobala.

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Statue of Cautopates from London

Oolitic stone statuette of the torchbearer Cautopates discovered in Drury Lane, Londinium.

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Mithraeum of London

Major Mithraic sanctuary in the City of London with east-west orientation, multiple building phases and rich sculptural finds.

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Isca (Caerleon)

Isca, variously specified as Isca Augusta or Isca Silurum, was the site of a Roman legionary fortress and settlement or vicus, the remains of which lie beneath parts of the present-day suburban town of Caerleon, Walles.

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