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Monuments to Mithras

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

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  • Monumentum

    Column of Callimorphus

    Callimorphus dedicated this image of the sun god to the invincible sun ’Mythra’.

    TNMM35 – CIMRM 17

    Solem / Soli invicto / Mythrae / pro salute et incolu/mitate / Chresimi Aug(ustorum) / n(ostrorum) dispensatoris / Callimorphus arkar/ius eiusdem / votum solvit / libens animo.
  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony from Antium

    This marble relief depicting Mithras killing the bull, found at Porto d’Anzio in 1699 and now lost, is known from a engraving by del Torre.

    TNMM908 – CIMRM 204

  • Monumentum

    Taurocotony from Calvi Risorta

    In this terracotta relief depicting Mithras as a bull killer found at Cales, now in Calvi Risorta, none of the usual accompanying animals is present.

    TNMM904 – CIMRM 200

  • Monumentum

    Taurocotony from Calvi Risorta

    Second terracotta tablet found at Calvi depicting Mithras killing the bull, now at Berlin, Antiquarium.

    TNMM905 – CIMRM 201

  • Monumentum

    Initiation scene from Capua Vetere

    Fresco depicting an initiation scene from the Mithraeum of Capua Vetere.

    TNMM898 – CIMRM 194

  • Mithraeum

    Mithraeum of Skikda

    Many of the inscriptions and sculptures of the site were kept in a museum which has been destroyed.

    TNMM92 – CIMRM 121

  • Monumentum

    Sol and Luna fenster from Rome

    Fragments of a marble relief of Sol, which probably served as a fenster.

    TNMM1022 – CIMRM 458

  • Monumentum

    Giant from Santa Prisca

    Partial relief of a Giant with snake-feet found in the Mithraeum of Santa Prisca.

    TNMM1043 – CIMRM 491

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony from Rome

    White marble statue of Mithras killing the sacred bull preserved in the Museo Nacional Romano.

    TNMM1070 – CIMRM 531

  • Monumentum

    Torso dedicated to Mithras

    Marble torso found at Ostia in 1912 between the Decumanus and the Via dei Molini, dedicated to Mithras by a certain Atilius Glycol.

    TNMM952 – CIMRM 319, 320

    Atil(ius) T(iti) f(ilius) P(alatina) Glycol [de]o invic(to) Mithr(ae) / d(onum) d(edit).
  • Monumentum

    Arm with stars and a swastika

    This bronze arm, with stars and a swastika, was once thought to be part of a Mithras statuette but has since been dismissed as unrelated to the Mithras cult.

    TNMM1234 – CIMRM 765

  • Monumentum

    Aion from Rome

    Lion-head god with traces of red paint found in Rome.

    TNMM1081 – CIMRM 550

  • Monumentum

    Mithras-Men from Rome

    Relief possibly depicting Mithras-Men holding a torch and a a bust of Luna on a crescent.

    TNMM1077 – CIMRM 541

  • Monumentum

    Aion found in the Tiber

    Fragment of a white statue depicting a naked god entwined by a serpent with its head on his chest, found in the River Tiber.

    TNMM1054 – CIMRM 503

  • Monumentum

    CIMRM 483

    Continuation of the frescoes depicting an initiation into the Mithras cult, where two attendants present a repast to Mithras and Sol.

    TNMM1035 – CIMRM 483

  • Monumentum

    Two figures relief from Via Zanardelli

    Marble relief, probably found in Rome during the construction of the Palazzo Primoli along the Via Zanardelli.

    TNMM997 – CIMRM 419

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony from Viale Latino

    Partial marble statue of Mithras as a bullkiller found near Viale Latino, about 200 meters from Porta San Giovanni.

    TNMM969 – CIMRM 374

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony from Salita delle Tre Pile

    White marble relief depicting Mithras killing the bull, found broken in two parts in 1872 near Salita delle Tre Pile in Rome.

    TNMM995 – CIMRM 417

  • Monumentum

    CIMRM 358

    White marble statue of Cautopates found in Rome.

    TNMM962 – CIMRM 358

  • Monumentum

    Terra sigillata bowl depicting the Mithraic cult meal from Trier

    This terra sigillata was found in 1926 in a grave on the Roman cemetery of St. Matthias, Trier. An eyelet indicates that it could have been hung on a wall.

    TNMM303 – CIMRM 988

 
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