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The New Mithraeum Database tagged with epigraphia

Mithraic monuments, temples and other objects related to Mithras and tagged with epigraphia.

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  • Monumentum

    Base of statue from Mérida

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

    TNMM560 – CIMRM 797

    Caute / Tib(erius) Cl(audius) / Artemidoru[s] / p(ater?).
    To Cautes, pater Tiberius Claudius Artemidorus
  • 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

    Νάμα Μαρέῳ ζωγράφῳ.
    For the salvation of Mareos, the painter.
  • Monumentum

    Column of Callimorphus

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

    TNMM35 – CIMRM 17

    Solem / Soli invicto / Mythrae / pro salute et incolu/mitate / Chresimi Aug(ustorum) / n(ostrorum) dispensatoris / Callimorphus arkar/ius eiusdem / votum solvit / libens animo.
    [This image of] Sun, to the Unconquered Sun Mithras, for the salvation and safety of Chresimus, the steward (dispensator) [of the domains] of our Emperors. Callimorphus, the arkarius (treasurer / donor) of the same [domains ?], fulfilled his vow with a willing spirit.

    CIL III 12135

  • Monumentum

    Persian plaque from the palace of Darius

    Located at the western entrance to the Palace of Darius in Persepolis, this tablet bears an inscription mentioning Ahuramazda and Mithra.

    TNMM362 – CIMRM 9

    A great god is Ahuramazda, who created this earth, who created yonder heaven, who created happiness for man, who made Artaxerxes king. One king for many, one leader of many. The great king Artaxerxes, the king of kings, the king of countries, the king of this earth, says: I am the son of king Artaxerxes [II Mnemon]. Artaxerxes was the son of king Darius [II Nothus]. Darius was the son of king Artaxerxes [I]. Artaxerxes was the son king Xerxes. Xerxes was the son of king Darius [the Great]. Darius was the son of a man named Hystaspes. Hystaspes was a son of a man named Arsames, the Achaemenid. King Artaxerxes says: This stone staircase was built by me in my reign. King Artaxerxes says: May Ahuramazda and the god Mithra preserve me, my country, and what has been built by me.
  • Monumentum

    Fragments of a column base from Hamadan

    The base of the column bears an inscription that records the rebuilding of a palace at Ectabana 'by the favour of Ahuramaza, Anahita and Mithra'.

    TNMM127 – CIMRM 8

    Saith Artaxerxes the Great King, King of Kings, King of Countries, King in this earth, son of Darius the King, of Darius [who was] son of Artaxerxes the king, of Artaxerxes [who was] son of Xerxes the King, of Xerxes who was son of Darius the King, of Darius who was son of Hystaspes, an Achaemenian. By the favour of Ahuramazda, Anahita and Mithra, this palace [apadana] I built. May Ahuramazda, Anahita and Mithra protect me from all evil, and that which I have built may they not shatter or harm.
  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony 593

    This is the earliest sculpture of Mithras killing the bull known to date.

    TNMM164 – CIMRM 593, 594

    Alcimus T. Cl(audi) Liviani ser(vus) vilic(us) S(oli) M(ithrae) v(otum) s(olvit) d(onum) d(edit)
    Alcimus, slave and bailiff of Tiberius Claudius Livianus, gave this as a gift to the sun-god Mithras in fulfilment of a vow.

    CIL VI 30818

  • Monumentum

    Inscription of Kastos father and son

    Second Mithraic monument dedicated by the Kastos family, found not far from the Arco di S. Lazzaro, in Rome.

    TNMM449 – CIMRM 474

    Διί 'Ηλίω Μίθρα / άνεικήτω Κάστος / πατήρ καί Κάστος / ύιός / ύιός ίερός κόραξ.
    To Zeus Helios Mithras invincible, Kastos father and Kastos son, Sacred Raven.
  • Monumentum

    Altar with inscription of Mitreo del Palazzo Imperiale

    This is one of several marble inscriptions made by a certain Caelius Ermeros, who was the antistes of the Mithraeum of the Imperial Palace.

    TNMM461 – CIMRM 259

    C. Caelius Hermaeros / antistes huius loci / fecit / sua pec(unia).
    Caius Caelius Ermeros, antistes of this place, made, at his expense.

    CIL XIV 57

  • Monumentum

    Inscription by Velox of Aquileia

    Marble slab with inscription by Velox for the salvation of the chief of the iron mines of Noricum.

    TNMM603 – CIMRM 747

    Pro salute / Tiberi Claudi / Macronis con(ductoris) / fer(rariarum) Nor(icarum) Velox ser(vus) / vil(icus) spel(a)eum cum / omni apparatu fecit.
    For the salvation of Tiberius Claudius Macro, head of the iron mines of Noricum, Velox, a slave steward, made the speleum with all his equipment.

    CIL V 810

  • Monumentum

    The Acosolium of the Mysteries in the Hypogeum of Vibia

    The epigrahy includes a mention of Marcus Aurelius, a priest of the god Sol Mithras, who bestowed joy and pleasure on his students.

    TNMM602

    Dis pater Aeracura // Fata divina // Mercurius / nuntius // Vibia Alcestis // Abreptio Vibi(a)es(!) et discensio // Septe(m) pii sacerdotes // Vincentius // Bonorum iudicio iudicati // Vibia //s quoib…
    Dis Pater and Aericura, divinities of fate. Mercury, the messenger, watches over Vibia Alcestis. Her abduction and descent are acknowledged. Seven pious priests stand in observance. Vincentius, judged by the good, is seen as the good angel. He oversees the induction of Vibia, saying, 'This entrance to rest you see, many have preceded me, and I await all. Eat, drink, play, and when living, do well; you'll carry this with you.' Vincentius, the chief of the divine Sabazius, worshipped the sacred with a devout mind. Marcus Aurelius, a priest of the god Sol Mithras, bestowed joy and pleasure upon his students, securing a place for himself, his wife, and his children. Behold, the place of his lineage.

    CIL VI 142