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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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  • Monumentum

    Inscription on restauration of the Mitreo de Carsulae

    Marble plaque with inscription of a sacerdos probatus to Sol and the god Invictus Mithras.

    TNMM484

    From Italy

    Soli et invicto [deo Mithrae]. / Ex permissu san[ctissimi] / ordinis dec[ur(ionum)] / Sex(tus) Egnatius Primitivus / sacerdos probatus sevir / Aug(ustalis) Casuenti et Carsulis, / q(uaestor) arcae...
  • Mithraeum

    Mitreo di Carsulae

    Epigraphic monuments reveal the presence of a Mithraeum in the ancient municiple of Carsulae, in Umbria.

    TNMM485

    From Italy

  • Monumentum

    Mithras hunting from Dura Europos

    In this fresco from Dura Europos, Mithras is represented as a hunter accompanied by the lion and the serpent.

    TNMM286 – CIMRM 52

    From Syria

  • Monumentum

    Tabula ansata of Lucius from Bremenium

    This inscription commemorates the building of a mithraeum in Bremenium with fellow worshippers of Mithras.

    TNMM566 – CIMRM 876

    From United Kingdom

    Deo invicto [[et]] Soli soc(io) / sacrum. Pro salute et / incolumitate imp(eratoris) Caes(aris) / M(arci) Aureli Antonini pii felic(is) / aug(usti) L(ucius) Caecilius Optatus / trib(unus) coh(ortis)...
  • Monumentum

    Serapis head from Mérida

    This head of Serapis from Cerro de San Albín may be unrelated to Mithras worship.

    TNMM470 – CIMRM 783

    From Spain

  • Monumentum

    Base of statue from Mérida

    This lost monument bears an inscription to Cautes by a certain Tiberius Claudius Artemidorus.

    TNMM560 – CIMRM 797

    From Spain

    Caute / Tib(erius) Cl(audius) / Artemidoru[s] / p(ater?).
  • Monumentum

    Fresco with tauroctony and seven cypresses

    This enigmatic fresco on top of the main tauroctony shows Mithras killing the bull, accompanied by Cautes and Cautopates, surrounded by burning altars and cypress trees.

    TNMM422 – CIMRM 45, 46

    From Syria

    Νάμα Μαρέῳ ζωγράφῳ.
  • Monumentum

    Sol and Mithras fresco of Dura Europos

    Sol watches Mithras as he gazes Mithras gazes up to heaven while sharing the sacred meal.

    TNMM203 – CIMRM 49

    From Syria

  • Monumentum

    Column of Callimorphus

    Callimorphus dedicated this image of the sun god to the invincible sun 'Mythra'.

    TNMM35 – CIMRM 17

    From Turkey

    Solem / Soli invicto / Mythrae / pro salute et incolu/mitate / Chresimi Aug(ustorum) / n(ostrorum) dispensatoris / Callimorphus arkar/ius eiusdem / votum solvit / libens animo.
  • Mithraeum

    Mithraea of Dülük

    The Mithraea of Doliche, ancient Dülük, Turkey, are unique in that they represent two distinct shrines on the same site.

    TNMM172

    From Turkey