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Monuments to Mithras

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

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Inscripton of Justus from Caerleon
This oolite base, dedicated to the invincible Mithras, was found in the baths of the Villa de Caerleon, Walles.
TNMM741 – CIMRM 809
[Deo in]victo / [Mi]thrae / ...s Iustus / c[(enturio) leg]ionis II aug(ustae) / [l(ibens)] m(erito) f(ecit).
Monumentum

Altar of Flavius Verecundus from Carnuntum
This monument to Mithras and Cautes (or Cautopates) was erected in Carnuntum by the centurion Flavius Verecundus of Savaria.
TNMM723 – CIMRM 1671
D(eo) I(nvicto) M(ithrae) C(aute ?) / T(itus) Flavius / Verecundus / Cl(audia) Savaria / (centurio) leg(ionis) XIIII / g(eminae) M(artiae) v(ictricis) / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito).
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Circo Massimo
This marble relief depicting Mithras as a bull slayer was found in the back room of the Mithraeum of the Circus Maximus.
TNMM742 – CIMRM 437
Mithraeum

Mithraeum I of Ptuj
The Mithraeum I of Ptuj contains the foundation, altars, reliefs and cult imagery found in it.
TNMM185 – CIMRM 1487
Monumentum

Altars to Cautes and Cautopates of Aquincum
These two altars, erected by a certain Victorinus in the mithraeum he built in his house, bear inscriptions to Cautes and Cautopates.
TNMM477 – CIMRM 1751, 1752
Deo Cauti / M. Ant(onius) Victorinus / dec(urio) col(oniae) / Aq(uinci) aedilis. Deo Cau/topati / M. Ant(onius) / Victori/nus / dec(urio) col(oniae) / Aq(uinci) / aedilis.
Monumentum

Cippus of Antoninus from Ostia
This small white marble cippus bears an inscription of a certain Pater Antoninus to Cautes.
TNMM740 – CIMRM 270, 317
A(ulus) Aemi/lius An/toninu[s] / pater / Cauti. [An]tonin[us] / pater / Cauti.
Monumentum

Cippus from the Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte
This small monument bear the inscriptions of a certain Caelius Ermeros, antistes at the Mithraeum of the Painted Walls.
TNMM583 – CIMRM 269
C. Caelius E[r]/meros / antis/tes h[ui]/us loc[i] / fecit / s(ua) p(ecunia).
Monumentum

Inscription of Sabinus from San Clemente
This marble slab, found in the Mithraeum of San Clemente, bears an inscription by a certain Aelius Sabinus for the health of the Emperor Antoninus Pius and his sons.
TNMM739 – CIMRM 347
[Pro salute / T. Aeli Antoni/ni] Aug(usti) e[t M(arci) Aeli / Au]reli Caes(aris) et / [L. Aur(eli) C]ommodi fil(iorum) / [Ael(ius?)] Sabinus c[ enturio ]leg(ionis) ... / [Sol?]i v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibe…
Monumentum

Bust of Sol from San Clemente
This marble bust of Sol, found in the Mitreo di San Clemente, had five holes in the head where rays had been fixed.
TNMM738 – CIMRM 343
Monumentum

Fragment of a Tauroctony from Ostia
This elliptical terracotta fragment from Ostia depicts Mithras as a bullkiller.
TNMM737 – CIMRM 316
Monumentum

Prostrate figure fresco of Capua Vetere
Representation of a person lying prostrate on the ground between two other walking figures on the Mitreo of Santa Capua Vetere.
TNMM736 – CIMRM 193
Monumentum

Aion fresco of Caputa Vetere
Minto has claimed that the time god Aion was painted on the corner of the north wall of the Mitreo de Santa Capua Vetere.
TNMM735 – CIMRM 185
Mithraeum

Mithréum de Dyo
A statue and a relief of Cautes have been found in an ancient Gallo-Roman site in the commune of Dyo.
TNMM347
Monumentum

Slab of Quintus Claudius from Santiponce
Recent interpretations link this marble inscription to the cult of the goddess Nemesis.
TNMM733 – CIMRM 768
Q(uintus) C(laudius) C.... / D(eo) i(nvicto) S(oli).
Monumentum

Altar of Malaga
This lost monument from Malaga, Spain, to Dominus Invictus has been linked to the cult of Mithras, although there is not enough evidence.
TNMM732 – CIMRM 767
L(ucius) Servilius Supera/tus Domino Invicto / donum libens ani/mo posuit / ara(m) merenti.
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Arshawi-Kibar
This relief of Mithras as bull slayer is surrounded by Cautes and Cautopates with their usual torch plus an oval object.
TNMM224 – CIMRM 71
Monumentum

Altars of Dura Europos
Three plaster altars within the main altar of the Mithraeum of Dura Europos, two of them with traces of fire and cinders.
TNMM731 – CIMRM 35, 36
Monumentum

Cautes and Cautopates of Sarrebourg
The base of these sandstone reliefs bears an inscription referring to a certain Marcellius Marianus.
TNMM730 – CIMRM 968, 969
ar / ... marli ... Marc/ellius Maria[nu]s de / suo posuit.
Monumentum

Petrogeny with a sheaf of wheat of Cologne
In this relief of the rock birth of Mithras, the child sun god holds a bundle of wheat in his left hand instead of the usual torch.
TNMM728
Monumentum

Head of Mithras of Cologne
This marble head of Mithras was found in the Luxemburgerstrasze in Cologne, Germany.
TNMM727 – CIMRM 1022