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Monumentum

Tauroctony of Dardagan
The relief of Mithras killing the bull, found near Zvornik in Bosnia and Herzegovina, features some variations on the usual scene.
TNMM765
Monumentum

Altar of Tettius Plotus from Oescus
In the altar that Titus Tettius Plotus dedicated to the invincible God, he called himself pater sacrorum.
TNMM634 – CIMRM 2252
T(itus) Tettiu[s] / Plotu{u}[s] / vet(eranus) leg(ionis) II[II] / F(laviae) F(elix) p(ater) s(acrorum) d[ei] / Invicti [s(olvit)] / l(ibens) m(erito).
Monumentum

Altar of Klechovtse
The limestone altar at Klechovtse in North Macedonia bears an inscription to the invincible Mithras.
TNMM414 – CIMRM 2209
[D(eo) i(nvicto)] M(ithrae) / fano mag(no) / pro sal(ute) Aug[g(ustorum)] n(ostrorum) / Apollonides / eorund(em) vect(igalis) Il/lyr(ici) ser(vus) (contra)sc(riptor) st(ationis) / Lamud(---) quam vove…
Syndexios

Straton
The son of an eponymous person, he consecrated an altar to Helios Mithras in Kreta, Moesia inferior.
Syndexios

Ision
An imperial slave and customs officer in Illyria, he built a temple to Mithras in Moesia.
Notitia

Porphyry’s Cave of Nymphs
and the Cult of Mithras
Between the 1st and 4th centuries, Mithraism developed throughout the Roman world. Much material exists, but textual evidence is scarce. The only ancient work that fills this gap is Porphyry’s intense and complex essay.
Monumentum

Incensiary vessel of Dieburg
The vessel to burn incense from the Mithraeum of Dieburg is similar to those found in other Roman cities of Germany.
TNMM409 – CIMRM 1269
Monumentum

Altar of Faustinus from Gimmeldingen
Corax Materninius Faustinus dedicated other monuments found in the same Mithraeum in Gimmeldingen.
TNMM444 – CIMRM 1319
In h(onorem) d(omus) d(ivinae) / deo / invihto (sic) / Materninius / Fau[s]tinus carx (sic) / in suo posuit / (libens) l(aetus) m(erito).
Monumentum

Triptic of Tróia
The remains of the mithraic triptic of Tróia, Lusitania, were part of a bigger composition.
TNMM245 – CIMRM 798
Monumentum

Inscription of Aurelius Iustinianus from Ptuj
This inscription belongs to the 4th mithraeum found in the modern town of Ptuj.
TNMM644 – CIMRM 1614
Templum / dei{i} Sol(is) Inv(icti) Mit(hrae) / Aure[l(ius)] Iusti/nianus v(ir) p(erfectissimus) / dux labefa/ctatum re/stituit.