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Monuments to Mithras

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

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Altar without inscription of Bingem
This small monument without inscription was found in Bingem, Germany.
TNMM725 – CIMRM 1244
Monumentum

Portable tauroctony of Vienna
This small white marble relief of Mithras as a bullkiller was found in the Botanical Gardens of Vienna in 1950.
TNMM724 – CIMRM 1650
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Palazzo Mattei di Giove
This relief of Mithras as a bullkiller, probably found in Rome, has been part of the Palazzo Mattei collection since at least the end of the 18th century.
TNMM721 – CIMRM 534
Monumentum

Altar of Castlesteads
Horsley thought that, like some other inscriptions in the Naworth Collection, this altar also had come from Birdoswald.
TNMM720 – CIMRM 872
De(o) Soli / (Invi)cto / M(ith)r(a)e M(ar)/cus Liciniu(s) / Ripanus praef(ectus) v(otum) s(olvit).
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Toronto
This relief of Mithras killing the bull is on display at the Royal Ontario Museum.
TNMM719 – CIMRM 606
Monumentum

Torchbearer restored as Paris
This sculpture, probably of Cautopates, now in the Musei Vaticani, was transformed into Paris.
TNMM718 – CIMRM 507
Monumentum

Torchbearer of Porta Portese
This is one of the two torchbearers, probably Cautes, transformed into Paris, now in the British Museum.
TNMM132 – CIMRM 506
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Santa Prisca
Even if only a few fragments remain, it is very likely that the main niche of the Mitreo di Santa Prisca contained the usual representation of Mithras killing the bull.
TNMM717 – CIMRM 479
Monumentum

Oceanus-Saturn of Santa Prisca
The fragmented tauroctony of the Mitreo di Santa Prisca rests on the naked figure of a bearded man, probably Ocean or Saturn.
TNMM716 – CIMRM 478
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Capri
It is not certain that the marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was found on Capri, in the cave of Matromania, where a Mithraeum could have been established.
TNMM715 – CIMRM 172
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

Inscription of Hermes to Silvanus
This inscription, found in the Mitreo della Planta Pedis, among some other monuments in Ostia, suggests a link between Mithras and Silvanus.
TNMM626 – CIMRM 276
Silvano / sancto / sacrum / Hermes / M. Iuli Eunici.
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Painted tauroctony of Rome
This unusual mural depicting Mithras killing the bull was found near the Colosseum in 1668.
TNMM714 – CIMRM 337
Monumentum

Inscription of Flavius Antistianus from Rome
This inscription was dedicated to God Cautes by a certain Flavius Antistianus, Pater Patrorum in Rome.
TNMM713 – CIMRM 336
Deo Caute / Flavius Antistianus / v(ir) e(gregius) de decem primis pater patrum.
Monumentum

Mosaic of Fructus from the Mitreo del Sabazeo
The mosaic bears an inscription indicating the name of the owner.
TNMM490 – CIMRM 301
Fruc[tus ?] / (s)uis in/pendis / consum/mavit.
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Tauroctony of Ruše
This relief of Mithras tauroctonus and other finds were discovered in 1845 in Ruše, where a Mithraeum probably existed.
TNMM710 – CIMRM 1447, 1448
M(arcus) Porcius / Verus / proc(urator) Aug(usti) / me / pos/uit.
Mithraeum

Mitreo del caseggiato di Diana
The Mithraeum of the House of Diana was installed in two Antonine halls, northeast corner of the House of Diana, in the late 2nd or early 3rd century.
TNMM5 – CIMRM 216
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Fragments of altars from Gimmeldingen
These fragmentary monuments, one with an inscription, were found in the Gimmeldingen mithraeum.
TNMM712 – CIMRM 1322
V(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito).
Monumentum

Altar of Faustinus from Gimmeldingen
This sandstone altar was dedicated to the god Invictus by a certain Faustinus from Gimmeldingen.
TNMM694 – CIMRM 1320
[De]o / [i]nviht(o) / [Fa]ustinus / [c]orax / [v]o(tum) s(olvit) /l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito).
Monumentum

Inscription of Corax Materninius Faustinus of Gimmeldingen
The inscription was located at the base of the main Tauroctony of the Gimmeldingen Mithraeum.
TNMM441 – CIMRM 1315
In h(onorem) d(omus) d(ivinae) / deo inviht[o] (sic) Midre (sic) / Maternin[i]us Faustinu(s) / carax (sic) fan[um] cum solo inviht[o] / in suo fecit c[ onsac]ratus XI k(alendis) Feb(ruariis). Fanus …