The New Mithraeum Database

Avant-propos Ce volume comprend, à côté de nombreux comptes rendus, regroupés dans le fascicule 2, une série de dossiers traitant de thèmes chers à la revue (l'Orient hellénisé), ou illustrant une approche pluridisciplinaire. Trois d'entre eux…

The lack of attributes and its decontextualisation prevent us from attributing a specific Mithraic attribution to this small Venus pudica from Mérida.

TNMM429 – CIMRM 785

This shrine developed towards the end of 2nd century and remained active until beginning 4th.

TNMM33

The Cautes of Sidon who wields an axe also wears a piece of cloth on his left arm.

TNMM161 – CIMRM 82

In this case, a quiver has been attached to the tree-stump behind the torchbearer.

TNMM162 – CIMRM 83

This relief of Mithras as bull slayer is surrounded by Cautes and Cautopates with their usual torch plus an oval object.

TNMM224 – CIMRM 71

The large number of monuments found at the Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa and the sheer size of the temple are unusual.

TNMM57 – CIMRM 2027, 2033

The Mithraeum of Hauarte or Hawarte, which preserves colourful frescoes, it's the latest know and used.

TNMM221

Alexander the Great seized Sidon from the Persians in 333 BC. It became a Roman colony during the reign of Elagabalus.

Sculpture depicting Mithras carrying a young bull on his shoulders.

TNMM158 – CIMRM 77