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The New Mithraeum Database

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Iουλιανος

Soldier of the Legio XVI Flavia Firma Antoniana stationed at Dura Europos.

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Mareinos

He is the painter of most of the frescoes in the mithraeum of Dura Europos.

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Zenobios

Commander of the archers at Dura Europos, he financed the second Tauroctony.

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Ethphani

Commander of a unite of Palmyrene archers stationed with the Roman garrison in Dura Europos.

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Kamerios

Kamerios reached the seventh grade in the Mithraic ladder. A couple of graffitis celebrate his achievements in the Mithraeum of Dura Europos.

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Libeianos

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Mithraeum of Ša‘āra

The Mithraeum of Saara, Syria, has been identified through the deciphering of the remains of the iconographic programme on its arch.

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Tauroctony from Absalmos

The relief depict several unusual scenes from Mithras’s myth.

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Tablet of Antiochus I from Samsat

"The remaining figure on this monument, Herakles, was previously misidentified as Apollo on this remarkable black basalt tablet from Samsat, known in Roman times as Samosata.

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Cautopates of Sidon

Cautopates sculpture of Sidon features a snake near his left leg.

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Lion-headed Aion from Sidon

The controversial Italian journalist Edmon Durighello discovered this marble statue of a young naked Aion in 1887.

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Mount Nemrut Dağı

Mount Nemrut or Nemrud is one of the highest peaks in the eastern Taurus Mountains, southeastern Turkey. On its summit large statues stand around what is supposed to be a royal tomb from the 1st century BC.

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Tauroctony from Arshawi-Kibar

This relief of Mithras as bull slayer is surrounded by Cautes and Cautopates with their usual torch plus an oval object.

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Tauroctony relief of Sidon

The tauroctony relief of Sidon depicts the signs of the zodiac and the four seasons, among other familiar features.

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Mithras hunting from Dura Europos

In this fresco from Dura Europos, Mithras is represented as a hunter accompanied by the lion and the serpent.

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Sol and Mithras fresco of Dura Europos

Sol watches Mithras as he gazes Mithras gazes up to heaven while sharing the sacred meal.

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Mithraea of Dülük

The Mithraea of Doliche, ancient Dülük, Turkey, are unique in that they represent two distinct shrines on the same site.

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Taurcotony sculpture from Sidon

The Mithras killing the bull sculpture from Sidon, currently Lebanon.

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Mithras triumphant over the Sun

Fresco du Mithraeum de Hawarte, Syria, depicts Mithras' victory over the Sun.

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Frescoes of 'Magis' from Dura Europos

Some scholars have speculated that the scrolls both figures hold in their hands represent Eastern doctrines brought to the Western world.

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