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    Hector Corneliorum

    Hector erected an altar to Mithras in Emerita Augusta 'by means of a divine vision', something unusual in Hispania.
  • Monumentum

    Altar by Hector Corneliorum of Mérida

    This fragmented altar was found in two pieces that Ana Osorio Calvo has recently brought together.

    From Spain

    ... Invict[o Mithrae] / Hector Cornelior[um] / ex visu.
  • Mithraeum

    Gran mitreo de Mérida

    Jaime Alvar speculates that the Gran Mitreo de Mérida could have been located in this area, based on a series of materials unearthed by Mélida during the excavations of 1926 and 1927.

    From Spain

  • Mithraeum

    Casa del Mitreo de Mérida

    Although the site at Cerro de San Albín is not a Mithraeum, archaeologists have found several monuments related to the cult of Mithras.

    CIMRM 772

    From Spain

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of the Gran Mitreo de Mérida

    These fragments of a monumental tauroctony found in the Cerro de San Albín must have decorated the Gran Mitreo de Mérida, which has not yet been found.

    From Spain

  • Monumentum

    Lion-headed figure of Mérida

    The lion-headed figure, Aion, from Mérida, wears oriental knickers fastened at the waist by a cinch strap.

    CIMRM 776

    From Spain

  • 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.

    CIMRM 793

    From Spain

    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

    Mercury of Mérida

    The statue of Mercury in Merida bears a dedication from the Roman Pater of a community in the city in 155.

    CIMRM 780, 781

    From Spain

    Ann(o) col(oniae) CLXXX / invicto deo Mithrae / sacr(um) / G(aius) Accius Hedychrus / Pater / a(nimo) (libente) plosuit).
  • Monumentum

    Altar by Caius Aemilius Superaius of Merida

    Small white marble altar made in honour of Mithras found at San Albín, Mérida.

    CIMRM 796

    From Spain

    Deo / invicto / C(aius) Aemilius / Superai[us] / a(nimo) l(ibens) p(osuit).
  • 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.

    CIMRM 795

    From Spain

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