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Monuments to Mithras

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

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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

Detalle en el suelo del mitreo: Luna
L.
TNMM107
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.