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Monuments to Mithras

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

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  • Monumentum

    CIMRM 595

    Bronze statuette of Mithras in his characteristic bull-slaying pose, though only the god has been preserved.

    TNMM1111 – CIMRM 595

  • Mithraeum

    Mithraeum of Crimea

    The site of Ay-Todor in Crimea revealed a Roman camp, a temple with votive offerings, and a Mithraeum.

    TNMM349 – CIMRM 10

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony relief from Fleischmann Collection

    This relief of Mithras killing the bull includes an unusual owl at the feet of Cautopates and a cock next to Cautes.

    TNMM589

  • Monumentum

    Aion of Villa Albani

    White marble statue of Lion-head god of time, formerly in the Villa Albani, nowadays in the Musei Vaticani.

    TNMM123 – CIMRM 545

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony framed by acanthus leaves

    This relief of Mithras slaying the bull, framed by acanthus leaves, was sold at auction in 2011 by Bonhams.

    TNMM1387

  • Monumentum

    Aion of Skikda

    The lion-headed figure of Skikda includes a pine cone beside his feet.

    TNMM318 – CIMRM 125

  • Monumentum

    Iron sword and crown of Güglingen

    Several iron fragments found in the second mithraeum of Güglingen may have been used during mithraic ceremonies.

    TNMM377

  • Monumentum

    Relief of Aion-Phanes

    The Aion / Phanes relief, currently on display in the Gallerie Estensi, Moneda, is associated with two Eastern mysteric religions: Mithraism and Orphism.

    TNMM327 – CIMRM 695, 696

    Euphrosy/n[e] et Felix. P(ecunia) p(osuit) / Felix pater.
  • Monumentum

    Aion of Mitreo Fagan

    The marble Aion from the lost Mithraeum Fagan, Ostia, now presides the entrance to the Vatican Library.

    TNMM116 – CIMRM 312, 313

    C. Valeri/us Heracles pat(er) / et C(aii) Valerii / Vitalis et Nico/mes sacerdo/tes s(ua) p(e)c(unia) p(o)s(ue)r(unt). / D(e)d(icatum) idi(bus) aug(ustis) im(peratore) / Com(odo) / VI et / Septi/miano…
  • Monumentum

    CIMRM 418

    Reperta in ascensu Capitolii.

    TNMM996 – CIMRM 418

    Soli sacr(um) / C. Ducenius / C(aii) lib(ertus) Phoebus / filius Zenonis / natus in Suria / Nisybin liber / factus Romae / ex visu / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).
  • Mithraeum

    Casa del Mitreo

    The name of this domus comes from the fact that some authors once associated one of its mosaics with the cult of Mithras, a connection that has since been dismissed.

    TNMM1386

  • Mithraeum

    Cerro de San Albín

    Although the site at Cerro de San Albín is not a Mithraeum, archaeologists have found several monuments related to the cult of Mithras.

    TNMM29 – CIMRM 772

  • Monumentum

    Feast from Mérida

    This scene of a feast from Mérida shows three persons at a table with other people standing beside them, one holding a bull’s head on a plate.

    TNMM300 – CIMRM 782

  • Monumentum

    Tabula ansata of Lucius from Bremenium

    This inscription commemorates the building of a mithraeum in Bremenium with fellow worshippers of Mithras.

    TNMM566 – CIMRM 876

    Deo invicto [[et]] Soli soc(io) / sacrum. Pro salute et / incolumitate imp(eratoris) Caes(aris) / M(arci) Aureli Antonini pii felic(is) / aug(usti) L(ucius) Caecilius Optatus / trib(unus) coh(ortis) I…
  • Monumentum

    Altar for Cautopates from Ptuj

    Altar for Cautopates.

    TNMM1385 – CIMRM 1505

    Cautopa/ti sac(rum) / Cresce(n)s / Gabini Antoni / ser(vus) v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).
  • Monumentum

    Taurcotonia Dorée

    TNMM 365.

    TNMM153

  • Monumentum

    Procession Fresco from Santa Prisca

    Figures in procession, each representing a different grade of Mithraic initiation, labeled with their respective titles.

    TNMM115 – CIMRM 480

    Nama [patribus] / ab oriente / ad occidente(m) / tutela Saturni. [Na]ma H[eliodromis] / tute[l]a S[ol]is. [Na]ma Persis / tutela [Mer]curis. Nama L[e]on[i]b[us] j tutela Iovis. Nama Militibus j tutela…
  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of the Mitreo delle terme di Mitra

    The person who commanded the sculpture may have been M. Umbilius Criton, documented in the Mitreo della Planta Pedis.

    TNMM108 – CIMRM 230, 231

    Κρίτων / Ἀθηναιος / έποίει.
  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony marble from Mitreo Fagan

    This sculpture of Mithras killing the bull was dedicated to the ’incomprehensible god’ by a certain priest called Gaius Valerius Heracles.

    TNMM106 – CIMRM 310, 311

    Sig(num) imdeprehensivilis dei G(aius) Valerius Heracles sacerdos s(ua) p(ecunia) p(osuit). L(ucius) Sextius Karus et.
 
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