Monuments from United States of America

The most emblematic of the Syrian Mithraea was discovered in 1933 by a team led by the Russian historian Mikhaïl Rostovtzeff.

CIMRM 34

Syria

One of the reliefs of the Dura Europos tauroctonies includes several characters with their respective names.

CIMRM 37, 38

Syria

Tauroctony in black marble on display at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California.

Some scholars have speculated that the scrolls both figures hold in their hands represent Eastern doctrines brought to the Western world.

CIMRM 44

Syria

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

Syria

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

CIMRM 49

Syria

Mithras Tauroctony on bronze exposed at the Metropolitan Museum of New York.

Mithras raising from the rock with the torch and the dagger.

In the tauroctonic relief on display at the Cincinnati Art Museum, Mithras slaughters the bull over a rocky background.

Italy

This sculpture of Mithras killing the bull may come from Rome, probably found in 1919.

CIMRM 605

Italy