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Monuments to Mithras

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

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Altar by Celsianus from Lambaesis
This altar found in Lambèse, now Tazoult, Algeria, bears the inscription of a certain Celsianus for the health of two men to the god Sol Unconquered Mithras.
TNMM781
Deo Soli / Invicto / Mithr(a)e / pro salute et / incolumitate / C(ai) Fabi Fabiani / Vetili Luciliani / leg(ati) Aug(usti) pr(o) pr(aetore) c(larissimi) v(iri) / Celsianus act(or) et not(arius) v(otum…
Monumentum

Altar by Florus from Lambaesis
This altar, found in Tazoult تازولت, Algeria, was dedicated to the god Sol Mithras by a certain Florus.
TNMM779
D(eo) S(oli) I(nvicto) M(ithrae) / Val(erius) Florus / v(ir) p(erfectissimus) p(raeses) p(rovinciae) N(umidiae) M(ilitianae) / ex voto / posuit.
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Eleusis
A Mithraeum has been identified in Eleusis where the last Hierophant form thespia had the rank of Father in the Mithraic Mysteries.
TNMM373
Monumentum

Candelabrum of Caernarfon
The Caernarfon candelabrum is a reconstruction of several iron pieces found in the Mithraeum of Caernarfon.
TNMM416
Monumentum

Inscription by Numidius Decens from Lambaesis
This inscription by a certain Numidius Decens was found in the Forum of Lambaesis, now Tazoult تازولت in Algeria.
TNMM777 – CIMRM 136
Invicto d[eo] Mithrae d[ed(it)?] P. Numidi[us] / Decen[s].
Monumentum

Inscription of Aphrodisius
This inscription by a certain Aphrodisius was found under the old city hall of Algiers.
TNMM536 – CIMRM 151
Mithrae / Aphrodisius / Corneliorum / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) a(nimo).
Monumentum

Inscription by Decimus from Lambaesis
Slab found at Tazoult-Lambèse dedicated to the Unconquered god Sol Mithras by the governor of Numidia Marcus Aurelius Decimus.
TNMM776
Invicto deo Soli / Mithrae Decimus v(ir) p(erfectissimus) p(raeses) / p(rovinciae) Numidiae votum solvit / decentius feliciter.
Monumentum

Altar from Ain-Zana
This altar was dedicated by a certain Marcus Aurelius Decimus to Sol Mithras and other gods in Diana, Numibia, present Argelia.
TNMM775 – CIMRM 140
Iovi optimo / maximo luno/ni reginae Min/ervae sanctae / Soli Mithrae / Herculi Mar/ti Mercurio / genio loci di/is deabusque / omnibus M/arcus Aureli/us Decimus v(ir) p(erfectissimus) p(raeses) / p(ro…
Monumentum

Altar by Marcus Aurelius Sabinus
This altar to the god Sol invicto Mithra was erected by a legate during Maximin’s reign in Lambaesis, Numidia.
TNMM616 – CIMRM 134
Deo Sol(i) in/victo Mi/thrae / M. Aurel(ius) / M(arci) f(ilius) Sergi/s Carnu/nto Sabi/nus prae/fect(us) leg(ionis) / III aug(ustae) p(iae) v(indicis) / Maximi/nianae v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito…
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Velletri
The Tauroctony found in Velletri, Rome, bears an inscription from its owner and donor.
TNMM307 – CIMRM 208, 209
Monumentum

Relief of Mithras, Shapur II and Ardashit II
This monument depicts Mihr/Mithras watching over the transition of power from Shapur II to Ardashit II, which took place in 379.
TNMM555
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Dura Europos
The most emblematic of the Syrian Mithraea was discovered in 1933 by a team led by the Russian historian Mikhaïl Rostovtzeff.
TNMM34 – CIMRM 34
Monumentum

Randazzo Vecchio
This marble sculpture from Sicily, known as the Randazzo Vecchio or Rannazzu Vecchiu, contains some essential elements of the Mithraic Aion, the lion-headed god.
TNMM773
Monumentum

Tauroctony slab privately owned
This fine Roman marble slab of the killing bull of Mithras belongs to a private owner, most recently from Los Angeles, USA.
TNMM774
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Cirta
An inscription mentioning a speleum decorated by Publilius Ceionius suggests the location of a mithraeum in Cirta, the capital of Numidia.
TNMM615 – CIMRM 129
Speleum cum [sig]/nis et omamen[tis] / Publilius Ceion[ius] / Caecina Albinu[s v(ir) c(larissimus)].
Monumentum

Tauroctony sculpture of Villa Borghese
This sculpture of Mithras killing the bull, which belongs to the Louvre Museum, is currently on display in Varsovia.
TNMM670 – CIMRM 587
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Monreale
On one of the capitals of the cathedral of Santa Maria Nuova in Monreale, Sicily, an unusual turbaned bull-slaying Mithras has been recorded.
TNMM764
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Santo Domingo de Silos
Mithras slaying the bull appears as the sign of Capricorn in a zodiacal sequence on the Pórtico del Cordero of the Abbey de Santo Domingo de Silos, Burgos, Spain.
TNMM763
Monumentum

Saul depicted as Mithras Tauroctonos
Saul cutting the oxen to pieces poses as Mithras Tauroctonos in this painting, which adorns the mantelpiece of Henry II’s bedroom at the Château d’Écouen near Paris.
TNMM771
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Tauroctony of Aula Gotica
What appears to be a representation of Mithras killing the bull appears in the 12th century frescoes of the Basilica dei Santi Quattro Coronati in Rome.
TNMM762