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Monuments of Syria

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

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  • 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.

    CIMRM 40, 41

    From Syria

    Θεοῦ (sic) Μίθραν ἐπόησεν Ζηνόβιος ὁ καὶ Εἰαειβᾶς Ἰαριβωλέους / στρατεγὸς τοξοτῶν ἔτους δευτέρου πυ̕.
  • 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.

    CIMRM 53

    From Syria

    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...
  • Monumentum

    Mithras hunting from Dura Europos

    In this fresco from Dura Europas, Mithras hunts accompanied by the lion and the serpent.

    From Syria

  • Monumentum

    Sol and Mithras fresco of Dura Europos

    Sol watches Mithras as he gazes Mithras gazes up to heaven while sharing the sacred meal.

    CIMRM 49

    From Syria

  • Monumentum

    City of Darkness fresco of Hawarte

    The City of Darkness unique fresco from the Mithraeum of Hawarte shows the tightest links between the western and eastern worship of Mithras in Roman Syria.

    From Syria

  • 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.

    From Syria

  • 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.

    CIMRM 88

    From Syria

  • Monumentum

    Second tautoctony of Sî`

    The second tauroctony of Jabal al-Druze seems to have be made by the same sculptor.

    CIMRM 89

    From Syria

    D(eo) S(oli) I(nvicto)
  • Mithraeum

    Mithraeum of Qasr Ibn Wardan

    About the foundation of the castle of Quasr-ibn-Wardan the Bedouins tell a legend from which Nöldeke concluded that there was a Mithraeum there, but this interpretation is very doubtful.

    CIMRM 73

    From Syria

  • Monumentum

    Mithraic bas relief of Arsha wa Qibar

    Tauroctony found at Arshawi-Kibar, Syria.

    CIMRM 71

    From Syria