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Monuments to Mithras

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

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Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Burham
To date, there is no evidence that the so-called Mithraeum of Burham was ever used to worship the sun god.
TNMM592 – CIMRM 808
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Prozor
The Mithraea in the territory of Arupium were first mentioned by Š. Ljubić in 1882.
TNMM59
Mithraeum

Mitreo di Ponza
The Mithraeum of Ponza was discovered in 1866. It contained the remains of a zodiac investigated by Vermaseren in 1989.
TNMM96
Monumentum

Zodiac stucco of Ponza
Solis invicti Mithrae studiosus astrologiae who was at the same time ’caelo devotus et astris’.
TNMM335
Monumentum

Altar to Transitus from Sárkeszi
This is one of the altars erected by Septimius Valentinus, in this case, to the transitus of Mithras.
TNMM768 – CIMRM 1811
Tra(n)sit[u D(ei)] / Sep(timius) Va/lenti/nus / opt(io).
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Sárkeszi
In this relief found in the Sárkeszi Mithraeum, Cautes and Cautopates hold an Amazon shield.
TNMM767
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Sárkeszi
The Sárkeszi mithraeum is unusual for its large dimensions and its semicircular eastern wall.
TNMM766
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Dardagan
The relief of Mithras killing the bull, found near Zvornik in Bosnia and Herzegovina, features some variations on the usual scene.
TNMM765
Mithraeum

Mithräum von Trier
The Trier Mithräum was discovered during work on the city’s new fire station. The findings included a Cautes limestone relief.
TNMM587
Monumentum

Mithraic altar from Venosa
This altar dedicated to Helios Mithras by a certain Sagaris was repurposed in the masonry of Palazzo Bagnoli, Venosa, Italy.
TNMM888 – CIMRM 171
Ἡλίῳ / Μήδρᾳ / ὑπὲρ σωτηρίας / Βρι[τ]λίου Πραι[λ]ίουντος Σχάρις οἰκο/νόμος.
Monumentum

CIMRM 256
Marble statuette of Cautopates, according to Giornale d’Italia 28, 3, 1860 found together with the preceding Nos.
TNMM921 – CIMRM 256
Monumentum

CIMRM 826
Marble fragment with an inscription (ILN 1954,636).
TNMM1259 – CIMRM 826
u . . . . / [Bri]tanniae/. . . . [vic]toriam/. . . . am.
Monumentum

CIMRM 878
White marble relief, found near Aix "a la Torse dans un enclos ayant appartenu à la famille de Colonia".
TNMM1293 – CIMRM 878
P. Tallius One/simus / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).
Monumentum

CIMRM 992
Altar in limestone from the Jura, found "bei Verbreiterung der Moselbahn unweit der Uberflihrung des Weberbaches" near the Therms (1879).
TNMM1364 – CIMRM 992
Monumentum

Mithras birth from Petronell
Only parts of the knees of Mithras, emerging from the rock, have been preserved from this monument of Petronell-Carnuntum, Austria.
TNMM1375 – CIMRM 1716, 1717
D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / Vindilius?) Cupitus / sig(nifer) leg(ionis) XIIII g(eminae) A(ntoninianae) et / Vind(ilius?) Iulianus / voto) p(osuerunt) patre Paterno.
Monumentum

Tauroctony from Carnuntum
Relief of Mithras killing the bull with an inscription from a certain Aurelius Macer who dedicates it to Sol Invictus Mithras.
TNMM1383
D(eo) S(oli) I(nvicto) M(ithrae) / Aur(elius) Mac[er(?)] / v(otum) s(olvit) / [l(ibens) m(erito)].
Mithraeum

Mithräum von Mundelsheim
The two altars found in the Mithraeum of Mundelsheim one of Sol and the other of Luna, are exposed in situ.
TNMM51
Monumentum

Altars of Sol and Luna from Mundelsheim
The altars of the gods of the Sun and Moon found in the Mithraeum of Mundelsheim wear openwork segments that could be lighten from behind.
TNMM386
Mithraeum

Mithréum d’Orbe-Boscéaz
The site of Orbe-Boscéaz, Switzerland, also known as Boscéay, is renowned for its mosaics and mithraic temple.
TNMM260
Monumentum

Lion-headed Aion from Sidon
The controversial Italian journalist Edmon Durighello discovered this marble statue of a young naked Aion in 1887.
TNMM157 – CIMRM 78, 79
Φλ. Γερόντιος, πατὴρ νόμιμος, ἀνεϑέμην τῷ φ̕ ἔτι.