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Monuments figurés relatifs aux Mystères de Mithra

Mithraic monuments, temples and other objects related to Mithras, his cult and related subjects.

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Altar by Aelius Secundinus of Novaria
The v in this small altar found in Novaria has been interpreted by some commentators as qualifying Mithras as victorious.
TNMM622 – CIMRM 704
From Italy
[S]acrum Soli / Mit[hr]ae numini / v... inviet(o) deo / [v]isu iussus / Aelius Secundinus.
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Inscription of Valerianus Petalus
In this inscription, found in Angera in Lombardy, Mithras is referred to by the unicum 'adiutor'.
TNMM621 – CIMRM 717
From Italy
D(eo) S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / adiutor(i) / Valerian(us) / Petalus v(otum) [s(olvit)].
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Altars of two Clarissimi in the Phrygianum of the Vatican
Both of them were discovered in 1609 in the foundations of the façade of the church of San Pietro, Rome.
TNMM620 – CIMRM 513, 514
From Italy
M(atri) d(eum) m(agnae) I(deae) / et Attidi meno/tyranno conser/vatoribus suis Cae/lius Hilarianus v(ir) c(larissimus) / duodecimbyr (sic!) / urbis Romae / p(ater) s(acrorum) et hieroceryx /...
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Colonne with inscription by workers of the pig market
The inscription included the names of the brotherhood, which are now lost.
TNMM619
From Italy
S[oli] i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / et sodalicio eius / actores de foro suario / quorum nomina / [[sequuntur]]…
Monumentum

Mercury of Groß-Gerau
The statue was dedicated to Mercury Quillenius, an epithet used to refer to a Celtic god or the Greek Kulúvios.
TNMM618
From Germany
Mercurio / Quillenio A(ulus) / Ibliomarius / Placidus nego(otiator) / cas(tello) Mat(tiacorum) lanius / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito).
Mithraeum

Mithraeum de Biesheim-Kunheim
The Mithraeum of Biesheim-Kunheim is located near the ancient village of Altkirch, near the Rhin.
TNMM285
From France
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Mauls
The relief of Mithras slaying the bull at Mauls in Gallia cisalpina is a paradigmatic example of the so-called Rhine-type Tauroctony.
TNMM476 – CIMRM 1400
From Italy
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Fresco of lions at Santa Prisca
The inscription is above a procession of men carrying animals, bread, a crater and other objects that appear to be in preparation for a feast.
TNMM498 – CIMRM 481, 482
From Italy
Nama Nicephoro leoni; nama Theodoro leoni. Nama Hel[io]doro leoni; Nama Gelasio leoni; Nama Phoebo leoni.
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Tauroctony relief from Alba Iulia
This marble relief from Alba Iulia contains numerous scenes from the myth of Mithras.
TNMM480 – CIMRM 1958, 1959
From Romania
D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) T(itus) Aur(elius) F(abia) (tribu) Marcus vet(eranus) leg(ionis) XIII g(eminae).
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Main Tauroctony relief from Dura Europos
The main relief of Mithras killing the bull from the Mithraeum of Dura Europos includes three persons named Zenobius, Jariboles and Barnaadath.
TNMM298 – CIMRM 40, 41
From Syria
Θεοῦ (sic) Μίθραν ἐπόησεν Ζηνόβιος ὁ καὶ Εἰαειβᾶς Ἰαριβωλέους / στρατεγὸς τοξοτῶν ἔτους δευτέρου πυ̕.