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Monuments to Mithras tagged with ‘aries’

Monuments, inscriptions and artefacts related to Mithras and his cult tagged with ‘aries’.

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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

Zodiac stucco of Ponza
Solis invicti Mithrae studiosus astrologiae who was at the same time ’caelo devotus et astris’.
TNMM335
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Aelius Maximus of Turda
This small relief of Mithras killing the bull was found in 1859 in Turda, in the Cluj region of Romania.
TNMM668 – CIMRM 1920, 1921
Ael(ius) Maximus miles / leg(ionis) V Mac(edonicae) v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) p(osuit).
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Alba Iulia with collared dog
This relief of Mithras killing the bull from Apulum, now Alba Iulia, Romania, contains several scenes from the Mithras legend.
TNMM664 – CIMRM 1972
Mithraeum

Mitreo delle Sette Sfere
The Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres is of great importance for the understanding of the cult, because of its black-and-white mosaics depicting the planets, the zodiac and related elements.
TNMM9 – CIMRM 239
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Euthices from Apulum
This marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was made by a freedman who dedicated it to his old masters.
TNMM638 – CIMRM 1935, 1936
D(eo) S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / [pro salute et incolumi]tate M. Aurelii Timothei et Aur(elii) Maximii / [votum nuncupavit sol]vitq(ue) Euthices eorum l[ib(ertus)].
Monumentum

Tauroctony relief of Sidon
The tauroctony relief of Sidon depicts the signs of the zodiac and the four seasons, among other familiar features.
TNMM142 – CIMRM 75
Monumentum

Flavius Aper altar (CIMRM 1584)
The altar of Ptuj depicts Mithras and Sol on the front and the water miracle on the right side.
TNMM255 – CIMRM 1584, 1585
D(eo) S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / pro sal(ute) d(omini) n(ostri) Gallieni p(ii) f(elicis) / invicti Aug(usti) Fl(avius) Aper v(ir) e(gregius) l(ibens) m(erito).
Monumentum

Mercury of Groß-Gerau
The statue was dedicated to Mercury Quillenius, an epithet used to refer to a Celtic god or the Greek Kulúvios.
TNMM618
Mercurio / Quillenio A(ulus) / Ibliomarius / Placidus nego(otiator) / cas(tello) Mat(tiacorum) lanius / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito).
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

Fresco of lions at Santa Prisca
The inscription is above a procession of men carrying animals, bread, a crater and other objects that appear to be in preparation for a feast.
TNMM498 – CIMRM 481, 482
Nama Nicephoro leoni; nama Theodoro leoni. Nama Hel[io]doro leoni; Nama Gelasio leoni; Nama Phoebo leoni.
Monumentum

Tauroctony relief from Alba Iulia
This marble relief from Alba Iulia contains numerous scenes from the myth of Mithras.
TNMM480 – CIMRM 1958, 1959
D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) T(itus) Aur(elius) F(abia) (tribu) Marcus vet(eranus) leg(ionis) XIII g(eminae).
Monumentum

Main Tauroctony relief from Dura Europos
The main relief of Mithras killing the bull from the Mithraeum of Dura Europos includes three persons named Zenobius, Jariboles and Barnaadath.
TNMM298 – CIMRM 40, 41
Θεοῦ (sic) Μίθραν ἐπόησεν Ζηνόβιος ὁ καὶ Εἰαειβᾶς Ἰαριβωλέους / στρατεγὸς τοξοτῶν ἔτους δευτέρου πυ̕.
Monumentum

Altar of Inveresk with a griffin
This second altar discovered to date near Inveresk includes several elements unusual in Mithraic worship.
TNMM460
Daeo (sic) / invic(to) My(thrae) / C. Cas(sius ?) / Fla(vianus ?).
Monumentum

Mercury of Stockstadt
The Stockstadt Mercury carries a purse and a small child around which a snake is coiled.
TNMM418
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

Relief of Aion-Phanes
The Aion / Phanes relief, currently on display in the Gallerie Estensi, Moneda, is associated with two Eastern mysteric religions: Mithraism and Orphism.
TNMM327 – CIMRM 695, 696
Euphrosy/n[e] et Felix. P(ecunia) p(osuit) / Felix pater.
Monumentum

Aion from Villa Barberini
This lion-headed marble was found on the ruins of the Alban Villa of Domitianus.
TNMM276 – CIMRM 326
Monumentum

Roman Marble Relief Panel with Birth of Mithras
Mithras emerging from the rock with torch and dagger beside a reclining Oceanus or Saturn.
TNMM248
Monumentum

Zodiac signs on the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere
The rich mosaics of the Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres include the the signs of the Zodiac.
TNMM610 – CIMRM 242