Monuments to Mithras

Fragments of a marble relief of Sol, which probably served as a fenster.

TNMM1022 – CIMRM 458

Partial relief of a Giant with snake-feet found in the Mithraeum of Santa Prisca.

TNMM1043 – CIMRM 491

White marble statue of Mithras killing the sacred bull preserved in the Museo Nacional Romano.

TNMM1070 – CIMRM 531

Marble torso found at Ostia in 1912 between the Decumanus and the Via dei Molini, dedicated to Mithras by a certain Atilius Glycol.

TNMM952 – CIMRM 319, 320

This bronze arm, with stars and a swastika, was once thought to be part of a Mithras statuette but has since been dismissed as unrelated to the Mithras cult.

TNMM1234 – CIMRM 765

Lion-head god with traces of red paint found in Rome.

TNMM1081 – CIMRM 550

Relief possibly depicting Mithras-Men holding a torch and a a bust of Luna on a crescent.

TNMM1077 – CIMRM 541

Fragment of a white statue depicting a naked god entwined by a serpent with its head on his chest, found in the River Tiber.

TNMM1054 – CIMRM 503

Continuation of the frescoes depicting an initiation into the Mithras cult, where two attendants present a repast to Mithras and Sol.

TNMM1035 – CIMRM 483

Marble relief, probably found in Rome during the construction of the Palazzo Primoli along the Via Zanardelli.

TNMM997 – CIMRM 419

Partial marble statue of Mithras as a bullkiller found near Viale Latino, about 200 meters from Porta San Giovanni.

TNMM969 – CIMRM 374

White marble relief depicting Mithras killing the bull, found broken in two parts in 1872 near Salita delle Tre Pile in Rome.

TNMM995 – CIMRM 417

White marble statue of Cautopates found in Rome.

TNMM962 – CIMRM 358

This terra sigillata was found in 1926 in a grave on the Roman cemetery of St. Matthias, Trier. An eyelet indicates that it could have been hung on a wall.

TNMM303 – CIMRM 988

On the Aventine, between the Eastern side of S. Saba’s and the Via Salvator, there is a Roman building, which probably was used as a Mithraeum in the end of the 4th century.

TNMM1027 – CIMRM 464

Two marble statues (H. 0.63; 0.60).

TNMM1373 – CIMRM 123, 124

Fragment of a white marble statue of Mithras killing the bull from Rusicade, today Skikda, Algeria.

TNMM860 – CIMRM 122

Around the niche of the Dura Europos Mithraeum fragments of a series of small paintings set in a semicircular band of panels were found.

TNMM826 – CIMRM 48

Around the relief with Mithras as a bullkiller, a number of scenes from the Mithras Iegend have been painted in the Mithraeum of Dura Europos.

TNMM823 – CIMRM 42

Inscription from Hamadan where the ’great king’ Artaxerxes mentions Ahuramazda, Anahita, and Mithra as guardians.

TNMM811 – CIMRM 8