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Monuments to Mithras

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

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Altar of Tihaljina
This altar, discovered in Grude, near Tihaljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, bears an inscription by Pinnes, a soldier of the Cohors Prima Belgica.
TNMM754 – CIMRM 1889
D(eo) I(nvicto) M(ithrae) a[c Ge]/niis sac[r(orum)] / Augusto[r(um)] / Rus(---) Pin(nes) mi/les / co(hortis) prim(ae) / Bel(garum) immunis / libens merito / posuit.
Monumentum

Inscription of Tarragona
This fragment of the base of a statue from Tarragona, Spain, bears an inscription which appears to be dedicated to the invincible Mithras.
TNMM743 – CIMRM 806
[--- Invi]cto Mithra[e]….
Mithraeum

Mithräum I von Güglingen
Mithraeum I in Güglingen, Landkreis Heilbronn (Baden-Württemberg).
TNMM38
Monumentum

Mithras with the bow
A statue of Mithras with a bow was found on the pit of the Mithraeum of Dieburg.
TNMM311 – CIMRM 1249
Monumentum

Incensiary vessel of Dieburg
The vessel to burn incense from the Mithraeum of Dieburg is similar to those found in other Roman cities of Germany.
TNMM409 – CIMRM 1269
Monumentum

Male figure with offerings from Dieburg
A standing half naked man makes offerings to an altar while holding a cornucopia in his other hand.
TNMM412 – CIMRM 1255, 1256
D(eo) I(nvicto) M(ithrae) // Priscinius Sedulius / Primulus fratres / v(otum) s(olverunt) l(ibentes) l(aeti) m(erito).
Monumentum

Statue of a mother goddess with child
This unusual statue in Mithraic iconography of a mother nursing a child was found in the vestibule of the Mithraeum of Dieburg.
TNMM647 – CIMRM 1262
Monumentum

Altar of Hermadio from Tibiscum
This altar was erected by Hermadio, who also signed other monuments in Dacia and even in Rome.
TNMM579 – CIMRM 2153
S(oli) I(nvicto) N(umini) M(ithrae) / pro salute / P(ubli) Ael(i) Mari / Hermadio / act(or) Turran(i) / Dii v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).
Monumentum

Iron sword and crown of Güglingen
Several iron fragments found in the second mithraeum of Güglingen may have been used during mithraic ceremonies.
TNMM377
Monumentum

Taurcotony of Nesce
The relief of Mithras slaying the bull of Nersae includes several episodes from the exploits of the solar god.
TNMM420 – CIMRM 650, 651
Apronianus rei p(ublicae) ark(arius) sua pecunia fecit.
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Altar of Rufius Caeionius Sabinus
In this 4th-century Roman altar, the senator Rufius Caeionius Sabinus defines himself as Pater of the sacred rites of the unconquered Mithras, having undergone the taurobolium.
TNMM756 – CIMRM 522
M(atri) d(eorum) m(agnae) I(daeae) et Attidi Menoturanno s(acrum). Nobilis in causis forma celsusq(ue) Sabinus Hie pater Invieti mystica victor habet, Sermo duos...... reservans Consimiles aufert…
Monumentum

Heliodromus inscription of Cerveteri
This inscription by a certain Memmius Placidus is the first ever found signed by a Heliodromus.
TNMM512
[Deo Soli Invic]/[to Mi]thrae / [Mem]mius Pla/cidus helio/dromus sacr/atus a Curtio / Iuvenale patre / votum [solvit] / [libens merito].
Monumentum

Tauroctony on intaglio
Large intaglio engraved with Mithras as bull slayer surrounded by a peculiar version of Cautes and Cautopates and other celestial deities.
TNMM755
Monumentum

Intaglio with Tauroctony and Lion with bee
This intaglio portrays Mithra slaying the bull on one side, and a lion with a bee, around seven stars, and inscription, on the other.
TNMM546 – CIMRM 2354
CHMEA, KANTEV, KONTEV, KONTEV, KHPIΔEV, ΔAPVNKW, ΛVKVNΣ.
Monumentum

Altar of Adiectus from Carnuntum
There is no consensus as to whether the altar of the slave Adiectus from Carnuntum is dedicated to a Mithras genitor of light.
TNMM753 – CIMRM 1676
D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / Adiec(tus) / ser(vus) T(iberii) C(laudii?) v ... / gen(itori) lum(inis) / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito).
Monumentum

Hekataion of Sidon
The Hekataion of Sidon shows a triple Hekate surrounded by three dancing nymphs.
TNMM305 – CIMRM 84, 85
Φλ. Γερόντιος, πατὴρ νόμιμος, εὐχαριστῶν τὴν θέον ἀφιερωσάτω φʹ ἔτι.
Monumentum

Tauroctonic medallion from Caesarea Maritima
The small medallion depicts three scenes from the life of Mithras, including the Tauroctony. It may come from the Danube area.
TNMM141
Monumentum

Aion of Vienne
The relief of Aion from Vienne includes a naked youth in Phrygian cap holding the reins of a horse.
TNMM265 – CIMRM 902
Monumentum

Fresco ‘City of Darkness’ from Hawarte
The City of Darkness unique fresco from the Mithraeum of Hawarte shows the tightest links between the western and eastern worship of Mithras in Roman Syria.
TNMM344
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Altar to Petra Genetrix from Carnuntum
Aelius Nigrinus dedicated this small altar in Carnuntum to the rock from which Mithras was born.
TNMM722 – CIMRM 1674
Petrae / Genetrici / P(ublius) Ael(ius) Nigri/nus sacerd(os) / v(otum) s(olvit).