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Monuments to Mithras

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

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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.
Monumentum

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.
Monumentum

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
Monumentum

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 …
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Gimmeldingen
This relief of Mithras killing the bull found in Gimmeldingen, Germany, lacks the usual raven.
TNMM693 – CIMRM 1314
Monumentum

Altar of Faustinus from Gimmeldingen
Corax Materninius Faustinus dedicated other monuments found in the same Mithraeum in Gimmeldingen.
TNMM444 – CIMRM 1319
In h(onorem) d(omus) d(ivinae) / deo / invihto (sic) / Materninius / Fau[s]tinus carx (sic) / in suo posuit / (libens) l(aetus) m(erito).
Monumentum

Altar to Luna from Gimmeldingen
This sandstone altar was dedicated to Luna, who is mentioned as a male deity.
TNMM711 – CIMRM 1321
Mithraeum

Mithräum von Gimmeldingen
The few remains of the Mithraeum of Gimmeldingen are preserved at the Historical Museum of the Palatinate, in Speyer, Germany.
TNMM49 – CIMRM 1313
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Donja Plemenšćina, Pregrada
This primitive relief of Mithras as a bullkiller is signed by a certain Valerius Marcelianus.
TNMM709 – CIMRM 1468, 1469
I(nvicto) d(eo) O(mnipotenti) Val(erius) Marceli/anus ex voto l(ibens) l(aetus) p(osuit).
Monumentum

Cautes of Sisak
This marble relief of Cautes was found in 1863 in Sisak, Croatia.
TNMM708 – CIMRM 1473, 1474
Urbicus / Sisci/ano/rum.
Monumentum

Altar with Sol from Ptuj
This altar, found in the 3rd mithraeum of Ptuj, bears an inscription and a relief of Sol and a person with a cornucopia.
TNMM707 – CIMRM 1591, 1592
D(eo) S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / pro salute / tesserarior(um) / et custod(um) ar/mor(um) leg(ionum) V M(acedonicae) / et XIII gemin(a)e Gallienarum.
Monumentum

Base of Buda
This base was found in the 18th century and bears an inscription to the god Arimanius.
TNMM706 – CIMRM 1775