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Monuments to Mithras

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

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Inscription to Mithras by Claudius Romanius from Köln
Votive inscription dedicated to Mithras by the veteran soldier Tiberius Claudius Romanius, from the Mithraeum II Köln, 3rd century.
TNMM559
D(eo) I(nvicto) M(ithrae) S(oli) s(ocio) / Tiberius Cl(audius) / Romaniu[s] / veteranu[s] / l(ibens) m(erito).
Mithraeum

Mithräum II von Köln
A second Mithraeum was found in Cologne described by R. L. Grodon as of ’small importance’.
TNMM353
Monumentum

Intaglio with Tauroctony from Munich
This heliotrope gem, depicting Mithras slaying the bull, dates from the 2nd-3rd century, but was reused as an amulet in the 13th century.
TNMM550
Mithraeum

Mithraeum IV of Aquincum
The Mithraeum of Symphorus and Marcus, in Óbuda, Budapest, has been restored to public view in 2004 and, while well presented, it has been heavily restored.
TNMM85 – CIMRM 1767
Monumentum

Tabula ansata from Brigetio
The tablet shows a dedication by a Roman soldier.
TNMM252 – CIMRM 1739
Deo Invicto / Ulpius Sabinus / miles legio/nis primae / (A)diutricis.
Mithraeum

Mithräum II von Güglingen
Two Mithras sanctuaries, which were located on the edge of the settlement, were excavated in Güglingen.
TNMM262
Monumentum

Fresco of procession of grades at Santa Prisca
Procession of figures dressed in different ways with inscriptions calling them by the seven grades of the Mithraic initiation cult.
TNMM115 – CIMRM 480
Nama [patribus] / ab oriente / ad occiden[tem] / tutela Saturni; Nama H[eliodro]mis / tut[la]a S[ol]is; Nama Persis / tutela Lunae; Nama l[e]on[i-]b[us] / tutela Iovis; Nama militibus / tutela Mart[is…
Mithraeum

Mitreo de Cabra
The Mithraeum of Cabra is located in the Villa del Mitra, which owes its name to the discovery in 1951 of a Mithras tauroctonus in the remains of the Roman villa.
TNMM76
Monumentum

Plaque of Astorga
This slab dedicated to the invincible god, Serapis and Isis by Claudius Zenobius was found in 1967 in the walls of the city of Astorga, Spain.
TNMM734
Invicto Deo / Serapidi et / Isidi / Cl(audius) Zenobius / Proc(urator) Aug(usti).
Monumentum

Tauroctony marble from Mitreo Fagan
This sculpture of Mithras killing the bull was dedicated to the ’incomprehensible god’ by a certain priest called Gaius Valerius Heracles.
TNMM106 – CIMRM 310, 311
Sig(num) imdeprehensivilis dei G(aius) Valerius Heracles sacerdos s(ua) p(ecunia) p(osuit). L(ucius) Sextius Karus et.
Monumentum

Intaglio with Tauroctony from The Met
This small magical jasper gem shows Sol in a quadrigra on the recto and Mithras as a bull slayer on the verso.
TNMM769 – CIMRM 2361
ABLANATHANALBA TUXEUI.
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