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The New Mithraeum Database of Syria

Mithraic monuments, temples and other objects related to Mithras from Syria.

Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Dura Europos
The most emblematic of the Syrian Mithraea was discovered in 1933 by a team led by the Russian historian Mikhaïl Rostovtzeff.
TNMM34 – CIMRM 34
Monumentum

Frescoes of 'Magis' from Dura Europos
Some scholars have speculated that the scrolls both figures hold in their hands represent Eastern doctrines brought to the Western world.
TNMM372 – CIMRM 44
Monumentum

Fresco of a knight and a black figure from the Hawarte Mithraeum.
This painting depicts an Iranian knight holding in a chain a black naked figure with two heads.
TNMM223
Mithraeum

Mitreo de Hawarti
TNMM67
Monumentum

Column with inscription from Dura Europos
The inscription pays homage to the emperor, probably Caracalla, to Mithras, the fathers, the petitor and the syndexioi.
TNMM468 – CIMRM 54
Ὓπὲρ Νίκης του Κυρί/ου ἡμων Αὐτοκράτορος / Νάμα θεῷ Μίθρᾳ / νάμα πάτρασι Λιβει/ανῷ καὶ Θεωδώρῳ / νάμα καὶ Μ…
Monumentum

Inscription on the restoration of the Mithraeum of Dura Europos
Antonius Valentinus, centurio, made this plaque for the salut des empereurs Septimus Severus and Marcus Aurelius.
TNMM454 – CIMRM 53
Pro sal(ute) et incol(umitate) d(ominorum) / n(ostrorum) imp(eratorum) L. Sep(timi) Severi pii / Pert(inacis) et M. Aurel(i) Aritonini [ [ et L. Sept(imi) Geta[e] ] ] / Aug(ustorum) tem/plum dei Solis…
Monumentum

Mithras rock-birth fresco of Hawarte
In one of Hawarte's frescoes, the rock birth of Mithras is preceded by Zeus and followed by the young Persian god suspended from a cypress tree.
TNMM343
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Sî`
In the tauroctony of Jabal al-Druze in Syria, the snake appears to be licking the head of the bull's penis.
TNMM389 – CIMRM 88
Monumentum

Second tautoctony of Sî`
The second tauroctony of Jabal al-Druze seems to have be made by the same sculptor.
TNMM390 – CIMRM 89
D(eo) S(oli) I(nvicto)
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Ša‘āra
TNMM32