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Monuments to Mithras

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

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Eros and Psyche
The Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere includes a marble relief depicting a child Eros guiding Psyche through the dark.
TNMM174 – CIMRM 186
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.
Monumentum

Cult vessel with snake representations of St. Egyden
Upon first examination, archaeologists interpreted the inscription on the cult vessel from Gradishje as referencing Mithras, though it has since been re-evaluated.
TNMM340
[---?] D(eo?) d(onum?) || fec(erunt) / [---?] / [Pet?]ronius / Maximinu/s / [A?]cilius / Vibio.
Monumentum

Tauroctony found on the Esquiline
This white marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was found on the Esquilino near the Church of Saint Lucy in Selci in Rome.
TNMM146 – CIMRM 368
Monumentum

Altar of Benifayó
This altar found in Benifaió, València, was erected by a slave called Lucanus.
TNMM528 – CIMRM 807
Invicto / Mithrae / Lucanus / Ser(vus).
Monumentum

CIMRM 169
Head in limestone (H. 0.235); found in the bed of the Millieri river in 1926.
TNMM886 – CIMRM 169
Mithraeum

Mitreo d’Aosta
The remains of the Mithraeum of Aosta, also known as the Mitreo di Augusta Praetoria, were discovered in 1953 in insula 59, in a commercial district of the ancient city.
TNMM791
Monumentum

Altar of Gaius Iulius from Mérida
The small Mithraic altar found at Cerro de San Albin, Merida, bears an inscription to the health of a certain Caius Iulius.
TNMM427 – CIMRM 795
Deo / Invicto / pro salute / Cai Iuli / […].
Monumentum

Inscriptions of Eauze
Several inscriptions dedicated to Mithras have been found in Eauze, including these two by a certain Pater Sextus Vervicius Eutyches, discovered in 1768.
TNMM750 – CIMRM 888, 889
Deo Invict(o) / Sex(tus) Vervic(ius) / Eutyches / vestiar(ius) civ(is) / Trev(er) pater. V/ervi/cius Eutyc/hes pa/ter.
Monumentum

Altar of Aelius Valerianus from Illmitz
Found in Illmitz, Austria, in 1959, this altar was dedicated to the unconquered god Mithras by a certain Aelius Valerianus.
TNMM790 – CIMRM 2375
D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / P(ublius) Aelius) Vale/rianus miles) / leg(ionis) XIIII g(eminae) s/trator c/o(n)s(ularis) v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito).
Monumentum

Altar of Ceanu Mic
This limestone altar to Sol Invictus Mithra was found at Turda in 1905.
TNMM788 – CIMRM 2377
S(oli) I(nvicto) M(ithrae).
Monumentum

Altar of Valerianus from Ceanu Mic
This is the second altar found in Ceanu Mic to date, dedicated to an Invictus being.
TNMM789 – CIMRM 2376
Inv(icto) / V(alerius ?) Va(lerianus?) / bo(tum) po(suit).
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Ottaviano Zeno
In this relief of Mithras as bull slayer, recorded in 1562 in the collection of A. Magarozzi, Cautes and Cautopates have been replaced by trees still bearing the torches.
TNMM125 – CIMRM 335
Monumentum

Altar by Hector Corneliorum of Mérida
This fragmented altar was found in two pieces that Ana Osorio Calvo has recently brought together.
TNMM586
... Invict[o Mithrae] / Hector Cornelior[um] / ex visu.
Monumentum

Altar of Aquileia to the brave god Mithras
This altar to Mithras found in Aquilieia mentions several persons of a same community.
TNMM497 – CIMRM 741
Deo f(orti) i(nvicto) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / P. Aelius / Mercur(ialis) / Q. Tessig/nius Maxi/mia(nus) patr(es) / pros(esedente) T(ito) Aur(elio) / Victore v(otum) s(olverunt) l(ibentes) m(erito).
Monumentum

Cautopates de Bordeaux
The Cautopates of Bordeaux stands as usual with his legs crossed and arms down.
TNMM139
Monumentum

Altar by Caius Aemilius Superaius of Merida
Small white marble altar made in honour of Mithras found at San Albín, Mérida.
TNMM426 – CIMRM 796
Deo / Invicto / C(aius) Camilius / Superat(us) / a(nimo) l(ibens) p(osuit).
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Naples
The marble relief of Mithras killing the bull in Naples bears an inscription that calls the solar god omnipotentis.
TNMM464 – CIMRM 174, 175
Omnipotenti Deo Mithrae Appius / Claudius Tarronius Dexter v(ir) c(larissimus) dicat.
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Naples
The Mitreo della crypta neapolitana was used a des legends about its use, from a cult place devoted to Priapus to celebrate Aphrodite.
TNMM219
Monumentum

Altar of Chrestion from Alba Iulia
In 1852, Károly Pap, a naval captain, unearthed several Mithraic monuments in his garden at Marospartos, including this altar.
TNMM666 – CIMRM 1945
Invicto / Mythir/ae Chr/estion / v(otum) s(olvit).