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Monuments to Mithras

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

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Mithraic inscription from Anazarba
This dedicatory inscription by Aurelius Seleucus, found in Cilicia, aligns with Plutarch’s account of Cilician pirates performing foreign sacrifices and secret rites of Mithras.
TNMM800 – CIMRM 27
[[- - - - - ]] [[ὑπάτου τὸ]] β’, π(ατρὸς) π(ατρίδος) · [Μ. Αὐρή-] λιος Σέλευκος ἱε[ρεύς καὶ] πατὴρ διὰ βίου Διὸς [‘Η�…
Monumentum

Mithraic relief of Baris
The Mithraic relief from Baris, in present-day Turkey, shows what appears to be a proto-version of the Tauroctony, with a winged Mithras surrounded by two Victories.
TNMM284 – CIMRM 25
Monumentum

Mithraic vase of Mühltal
The Mühltal Mithraic crater was discovered among the artefacts of a mithraeum found in Pfaffenhoffen am Inn, Bavaria.
TNMM393
Deo invicto Mitr[a]e Ma[rt- or -tern]inus.
Monumentum

Second phallus relief from the Mithraeum of Tiddis
This second relief depicting a phallus from Tiddis, Algeria, has been positioned alongside its counterpart atop pillars that greet visitors to the Mithras shrine.
TNMM799
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Tiddis
The Mithraeum was housed in a cave. The vault is almost dome-shaped and in front of the cave there is enough space for a possible adjacent temple.
TNMM269 – CIMRM 162
I(nvicto) M(ithrae) cultore/s de suo a s/olo / (a)edifi[c]arun(t).
Monumentum

Slab from the Palace of Darius at Persepolis
This plaque, located on the western staircase of the Palace of Darius, mentions the god Mithra together with Ahura Mazda as protectors of King Artaxerxes III Ochus.
TNMM798 – CIMRM 9
Thâtiy / Artakhshatrâ khshâyathiya / imam / ustashanâm / athâganâm / mâm / upâ / mâm / kartâ. Thâtiy / Artakhshatrâ / khshâyathiya / mâm / Auramazdâ / utâ / M[i]thra / baga / pâtuv…
Mithraeum

Mitreo di Marino
The Mithraeum of Marino presents an unusually elongated structure with depictions from the Severian period.
TNMM22
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Strasbourg
These fragments of a monumental relief of Mithras killing the bull from Koenigshoffen were reassembled and are now on display at the Musée Archéologique de Strasbourg.
TNMM576 – CIMRM 1359, 1360
[In h(onorem)] d(omus) d(ivinae) d(eo) i(nvicto) M[ithrae] / ... us M.P.D ... / ... us typu[m] ... / ... solo v ...
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Mauls
The relief of Mithras slaying the bull at Mauls in Gallia cisalpina is a paradigmatic example of the so-called Rhine-type Tauroctony.
TNMM476 – CIMRM 1400
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Osterburken
Franz Cumont considers the bas relief of Osterburken ’the most remarkable of all the monuments of the cult of Mithras found up to now’.
TNMM176 – CIMRM 1292, 1293
D[eo] S[oli] I[nvicto] M[ithrae] M[er?]catorius Castrensis in suo cons[ituit].
Monumentum

Tauroctony from the Mithräum von Heddernheim
This relief is so well-known that it has been reproduced in nearly every handbook of archaeology and of history of religions.
TNMM198 – CIMRM 1083
Monumentum

Fresco Tauroctony of Mitreo di Marino
The importance of the Mithraeum of Marino lies in its frescoes, the most significant of which is that of Mithras slaying the bull, surrounded by mythological scenes.
TNMM201
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Dragus
The tauroctonic relief from Dragus includes a naked flying figure that Vermaseren has identified as Phosporus or Lucifer.
TNMM310 – CIMRM 1919
Monumentum

Tauroctony relief from Apulum
This relief of Mithras killing the bull includes various singular features specific to the Danubian area.
TNMM797 – CIMRM 1973
Monumentum

Taurcotony of Secundinus
This remarkable marble statue of Mithras killing the bull from Apulum includes a unique dedication by its donor, featuring the rare term signum, seldom found in Mithraic contexts.
TNMM796 – CIMRM 1947, 1948
------] I(nvicto) M(ithrae) · SIGNVM / ------ Sec]VNDINVS · EX · VOTO · POS(uit).
Monumentum

Cautopates of Sidon
Cautopates sculpture of Sidon features a snake near his left leg.
TNMM160 – CIMRM 81
Mithraeum

Mithréum d’Angers
The Mithraeum or Angers contained numerous objects, including coins, oil lamps and a ceramic vessel engraved with a votive inscription to the invincible god Mithras.
TNMM199
Monumentum

Tauroctony gemstone from Ploiești
This gemstone depicting Mithras killing the bull, preserved in the Ploiești Museum, originated from Prahova County or south of the Danube area.
TNMM794
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa
The large number of monuments found at the Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa and the sheer size of the temple are unusual.
TNMM57 – CIMRM 2027, 2033
Monumentum

Tauroctony on display at the Getty Museum
This fragmentary scupture of Mithras killing the bull belongs to the Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA.
TNMM538