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The New Mithraeum Database of Spain

Mithraic monuments, temples and other objects related to Mithras from Spain.
 
  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Santo Domingo de Silos

    Mithras slaying the bull appears as the sign of Capricorn in a zodiacal sequence on the Pórtico del Cordero of the Abbey de Santo Domingo de Silos, Burgos, Spain.

    TNMM763

  • Monumentum

    Inscription of Tarragona

    This fragment of the base of a statue from Tarragona, Spain, bears an inscription which appears to be dedicated to the invincible Mithras.

    TNMM743 – CIMRM 806

    [--- Invi]cto Mithra[e]….
  • 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 Santiponce

    This unfinished Mithras tauroctonos without the usual surrounding animals was found in 1923 in Italica, near Seville, Spain.

    TNMM659 – CIMRM 769

  • Mithraeum

    Mitreo de la Tumba del Elefante

    Set in a Roman necropolis, the so-called Mithraeum of the Elephant takes its name from an elephant statue found in one of the tombs.

    TNMM289

  • Monumentum

    Altar of Merida consecrated by Marcus Valerius Secundus

    This altar is dedicated to the birth of Mithras by a frumentarius of the Legio VII Geminae.

    TNMM338 – CIMRM 793

    Ann(o) Col(oniae) CLXXX / aram genesis / Inuicti Mithrae / M(arcus) Val(erius) Secundus / fr(umentarius) Leg(ionis) VII Gem(inae) dono / ponendam merito curauit / G(aio) Accio Hedychro patre
  • Monumentum

    Serapis head from Mérida

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

    TNMM470 – CIMRM 783

  • 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?).
  • Monumentum

    Altar from Mérida 'pro salute'

    The small Mithraic altar found at Cerro de San Albin, Merida, bears an inscription to the health of Caius Iulius.

    TNMM427 – CIMRM 795

    Deo / Inuicto / pro salute / Cai Iuli / […]