The New Mithraeum Database

A statue of Mithras with a bow was found on the pit of the Mithraeum of Dieburg.

TNMM311 – CIMRM 1249

A standing half naked man makes offerings to an altar while holding a cornucopia in his other hand.

TNMM412 – CIMRM 1255, 1256

This unusual statue in Mithraic iconography of a mother nursing a child was found in the vestibule of the Mithraeum of Dieburg.

TNMM647 – CIMRM 1262

Laurent Bricault has revolutionised Mithraic studies with the exhibition The Mystery of Mithras. Meet this professor in Toulouse for a fascinating look at the latest discoveries and what lies ahead.

Laurent Bricault révolutionne les études mithriaques avec l’exposition Le Mystère Mithra. Rencontre à Toulouse avec ce professeur pour une plongée fascinante dans les dernières découvertes sur ce culte invincible.

This relief of Mithras slaying the bull is unique because of the representation of Tellus lying under the bull.

TNMM623 – CIMRM 598

In this fresco from Dura Europos, Mithras is represented as a hunter accompanied by the lion and the serpent.

TNMM286 – CIMRM 52

The tauroctonic relief from Dragus includes a naked flying figure that Vermaseren has identified as Phosporus or Lucifer.

TNMM310 – CIMRM 1919

Mithras galloping, in a cypress forest, carrying a globe in one hand and accompanied by a lion and a snake.

TNMM177 – CIMRM 1289

The main town of the Civitas Auderiensium was the Vicus Med... (name only partially preserved), today’s Dieburg.