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Monuments to Mithras

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

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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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Mithraeum

    Mitreo di Cosa

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

    TNMM75

  • 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…
  • 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

  • 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…
  • 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

  • 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.
  • 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

  • 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).
  • 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…
  • Mithraeum

    Mitreo di Marino

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

    TNMM22

  • 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 ...
  • 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

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Osterburken

    Franz Cumont considers the bas relief of Osterburken ’the most remarkable of all the monuments of the cult of Mithras found up to now’.

    TNMM176 – CIMRM 1292, 1293

    D[eo] S[oli] I[nvicto] M[ithrae] M[er?]catorius Castrensis in suo cons[ituit].
  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony from the Mithräum von Heddernheim

    This relief is so well-known that it has been reproduced in nearly every handbook of archaeology and of history of religions.

    TNMM198 – CIMRM 1083

  • Monumentum

    Fresco Tauroctony of Mitreo di Marino

    The importance of the Mithraeum of Marino lies in its frescoes, the most significant of which is that of Mithras slaying the bull, surrounded by mythological scenes.

    TNMM201

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Dragus

    The tauroctonic relief from Dragus includes a naked flying figure that Vermaseren has identified as Phosporus or Lucifer.

    TNMM310 – CIMRM 1919

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony relief from Apulum

    This relief of Mithras killing the bull includes various singular features specific to the Danubian area.

    TNMM797 – CIMRM 1973

 
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