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Monuments to Mithras

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

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    Major fresco of the Mitreo Barberini

    The votive fresco from the Mithraeum Barberini displays several scenes from Mithras’s myth.

    TNMM167 – CIMRM 390

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    Mithraeum

    London Mithraeum

    The Mithraeum of London, also known as the Walbrook Mithraeum, was contextualised and relocated to its original site in 2016.

    TNMM25 – CIMRM 814

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    Monumentum

    Inscription by Proficentius, Rome

    This marble slab bears an inception be the Pater Proficentius to whom Mithras has suggested to build and devote a temple.

    TNMM437 – CIMRM 423

    Hic locus est felix sanctus piusque benignus / quem monuit Mithras mentemque dedit / Proficentio patri sacrorum / utque sibi spelaeum faceret dedicaretque / et celeri instansque operi reddit muneram /…
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    Monumentum

    Petrogeny from Aquileia

    This fragment of a sculpture depicting the birth of Mithras from a rock, intertwined with a chaotic mass of serpent coils, was discovered in Aquileia, Italy.

    TNMM804

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    Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Gérman

    This very fine relief of Mithras killing the bull was discovered in 2014 in Germán, near Sofia, Bulgaria, and is now housed in the Sofia History Museum.

    TNMM795

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    Monumentum

    Sabazios with Mithras from Bolsena

    This unusual bronze bust of Sabazios features multiple symbolic elements, with Mithras depicted in his characteristic pose of slaying the bull, positioned just below Sabazios’ chest.

    TNMM802 – CIMRM 659

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    Monumentum

    Fragments of a column base from Hamadan

    The base of the column bears an inscription that records the rebuilding of a palace at Ectabana ’by the favour of Ahuramaza, Anahita and Mithra’.

    TNMM127 – CIMRM 7

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    Mithraeum

    Mitreo di Capodimonte

    The Mithraeum of Visentium, near Capodimonte in Viterbo, was carved grotto-style into a tuff cliff overlooking the waters of Lake Bolsena, just a few dozen metres away.

    TNMM803

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    Mithraeum

    Mitreo di Sutri

    The Mithraeum of Sutri was built inside a rocky hill that also hosted the Roman theatre of the city.

    TNMM21 – CIMRM 653

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    Mithraeum

    Mitreo di Cosa

    The Mithraeum was inserted into the basement of the basilica-theater by the 3rd century.

    TNMM75

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    Monumentum

    Tablet of Antiochus I from Samsat

    "The remaining figure on this monument, Herakles, was previously misidentified as Apollo on this remarkable black basalt tablet from Samsat, known in Roman times as Samosata.

    TNMM801 – CIMRM 33

    Ἐγὼ πατρώϊαν βασιλείαν παραλαβὼν παρὰ Διὸς τε Ῥωμαίου καὶ Ἀπόλλωνος Μίθρου Ἡλίου Ἑρ- μοῦ καὶ Ἀρτέμιδ…
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    Monumentum

    Head of Antiochus I of Commagene

    This monumental head of Antionchus I of Commagene is in Nemrut Dağı together with other representations of the Greco-Iranian king.

    TNMM110 – CIMRM 29

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    Monumentum

    Mithraic inscription from Anazarba

    This dedicatory inscription by Aurelius Seleucus, found in Cilicia, aligns with Plutarch’s account of Cilician pirates performing foreign sacrifices and secret rites of Mithras.

    TNMM800 – CIMRM 27

    [[- - - - - ]] [[ὑπάτου τὸ]] β’, π(ατρὸς) π(ατρίδος) · [Μ. Αὐρή-] λιος Σέλευκος ἱε[ρεύς καὶ] πατὴρ διὰ βίου Διὸς [‘Η…
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    Monumentum

    Mithraic relief of Baris

    The Mithraic relief from Baris, in present-day Turkey, shows what appears to be a proto-version of the Tauroctony, with a winged Mithras surrounded by two Victories.

    TNMM284 – CIMRM 25

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    Monumentum

    Mithraic vase of Mühltal

    The Mühltal Mithraic crater was discovered among the artefacts of a mithraeum found in Pfaffenhoffen am Inn, Bavaria.

    TNMM393

    Deo invicto Mitr[a]e Ma[rt- or -tern]inus.
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    Monumentum

    Second phallus relief from the Mithraeum of Tiddis

    This second relief depicting a phallus from Tiddis, Algeria, has been positioned alongside its counterpart atop pillars that greet visitors to the Mithras shrine.

    TNMM799

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    Mithraeum

    Mithraeum of Tiddis

    The Mithraeum was housed in a cave. The vault is almost dome-shaped and in front of the cave there is enough space for a possible adjacent temple.

    TNMM269 – CIMRM 162

    I(nvicto) M(ithrae) cultore/s de suo a s/olo / (a)edifi[c]arun(t).
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    Monumentum

    Slab from the Palace of Darius at Persepolis

    This plaque, located on the western staircase of the Palace of Darius, mentions the god Mithra together with Ahura Mazda as protectors of King Artaxerxes III Ochus.

    TNMM798 – CIMRM 9

    Thâtiy / Artakhshatrâ khshâyathiya / imam / ustashanâm / athâganâm / mâm / upâ / mâm / kartâ. Thâtiy / Artakhshatrâ / khshâyathiya / mâm / Auramazdâ / utâ / M[i]thra / baga / pâtuv…
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    Mithraeum

    Mitreo di Marino

    The Mithraeum of Marino presents an unusually elongated structure with depictions from the Severian period.

    TNMM22

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    Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Strasbourg

    These fragments of a monumental relief of Mithras killing the bull from Koenigshoffen were reassembled and are now on display at the Musée Archéologique de Strasbourg.

    TNMM576 – CIMRM 1359, 1360

    [In h(onorem)] d(omus) d(ivinae) d(eo) i(nvicto) M[ithrae] / ... us M.P.D ... / ... us typu[m] ... / ... solo v ...
 
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