The New Mithraeum Database

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.

TNMM585

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

TNMM586

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

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

TNMM29 – CIMRM 772

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.

TNMM584

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

TNMM241 – CIMRM 776

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

TNMM394 – CIMRM 780, 781

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

TNMM426 – CIMRM 796

This altar, which has now disappeared, was dedicated by the slave Quintio for the health of a certain Coutius Lupus.

TNMM520 – CIMRM 794

A slave of a certain Flavius Baeticus, Quintio dedicated an altar to the health of a companion.