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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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Mithras-inscription of Speyer
This monument with an inscription to the god Sol Mithras was found in front of the cathedral of Speyer during some sewer works.
TNMM692 – CIMRM 1312
[In] ho(norem) d(omus) d(ivinae) / [deo] Soli / [Mi]trh/[ae].
In honor of the divine house to the god Sol Mithras.
Monumentum

Inscription of Apronianus of Nesce
The dedicator of this monument is also known for having made a tauroctonic relief in Nesce.
TNMM689 – CIMRM 648
. . spelaeu]m Solis invic[ti / Mithrae pro salut]e ordinis et pop[uli / Apronianus arka]rius rei p(ublicae) vetustate [collap]sum / [perm(issu) ordin(is) de] sua pecunia restit[uit].
… cave of the Unconquered Sun Mithras, for the welfare of the order and the people. Apronianus, treasurer of the republic, restored [it] which had collapsed from old age, with the permission of the order, from his own funds.
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Inscription of Sahin
This mithraic inscription in greek was found in a place called Sahin in Phoenicia.
TNMM685 – CIMRM 72
[Θε]ῷ ὑψίστῳ οὐρανίῳ ὑ[πάτῳ καὶ Ἡλίῳ ἀνικήτῳ?] / [Μί]θρᾳ ὁ βῶμπὸς ἐκτίσθ[η . . . ] / [ὀ]ρθῶς ἐν τῷ κφ’, �…
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Graffito of the Mitreo del Caseggiato di Diana
In the cult niche of the Mitreo del Caseggiato di Diana there is a list of words that could indicate names and measurements.
TNMM684 – CIMRM 218
IIE M ULAS M﹡V BABENUS SMΛXS BECTON BINU XII PROCLUS BINU ﹡II ERMES DUX ﹡III FORTUNIU ADA NDA MAXIMUS BINU ﹡II.
Monumentum

Altar of Murius Victor from Frankfurt
Marius Victor, according to the inscription on the monument, erected this monument to Mithras ’when Philip and Titianus were consuls’.
TNMM681 – CIMRM 1102
I(n) h(onorem) d(omus) d(iviuae) / d(eo) i(nvicto) Mithrae / Murius Victor / aedilis c(oloniae) T(aunensium) ex v[oto]. [Pos(uit) ded(it)] q(ue) / [d. n. Phi]l[ippo et] Ti/[tiano] co(n)s(ulibus).
In honor of the Divine House, to the Unconquered God Mithras, Murius Victor, aedile of the Colony of the Taunensians, [set this up] in fulfillment of a vow. [He] placed [and] gave [this altar] when our lords Philip and Titianus were consuls.
CIL XIII 7370
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Candelabrum of Doryphorus
This magnificent candelabrum was found in Rome in 1803, in the Syrian Temple of Janicule.
TNMM682 – CIMRM 508, 509
Doryphorus pater.
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Altar of Bergamo
This altar to Deo Invicto was found during the excavation of the Monastero Delle Benedettine di Santa Grata in Bergamo, with a bronze calf’s head on top.
TNMM676 – CIMRM 710
Deo invicto / l(ibens) d(e) s(uo).
To the unconquered god [Mithras], gladly from his own means.
CIL V 5116
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Tauroctony of Chrestos
This relief of Mithras killing the bull, signed by a certain Χρῆστος, is on display in the Sala dei Animali of the Vatican Museum.
TNMM673 – CIMRM 554, 555
Χρῆστος πατὴρ καὶ Γαῦρος ἐποίησαν.
Chrestos the Pater and Gauros consecrated [this].
CIL VI 747
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Tauroctony of via di Borgo
This relief of Mithras Tauroctonos from Rome bears the inscription of three brothers, two of them lions.
TNMM649 – CIMRM 366, 367
Deo sancto I(nvicto) M(ithrae) sacrathis (sic) d(onum) p(osuerunt) Placidus Marcellinus leo antis{ti}tes et Guntha leo.
To the holy unconquered Mithras (and) for the initiated devotees, Placidus Marcellinus leo and antistes and Guntha leo set up as a gift. To the pure invincible god Mithras and his initiates, have placed this offering Placidus, Marcellinus, Leo (and) antistes, and Guntha, Leo.
CIL VI 737
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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).
Aelius Maximus, soldier of the Legio V Macedonica, willingly fulfilled his vow and placed [this].
CIL III 899