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  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Sî`

    In the tauroctony of Jabal al-Druze in Syria, the snake appears to be licking the head of the bull's penis.

    TNMM389 – CIMRM 88

  • Monumentum

    Fresco ‘City of Darkness’ from Hawarte

    The City of Darkness unique fresco from the Mithraeum of Hawarte shows the tightest links between the western and eastern worship of Mithras in Roman Syria.

    TNMM344

  • Syndexios

    Absalmos

    Of Semitic origin, Absalmos has dedicated a tauroctonic relief to Mithras in ancient Syria.
  • Monumentum

    Mithras triumphant over the Sun

    Fresco du Mithraeum de Hawarte, Syria, depicts Mithras' victory over the Sun.

    TNMM222

  • Liber

    On Mithraism and Freemasonry (1996)

    The fraternal order that focussed on the worship of the ancient Iranian god Mithra was probably formed in Iran, Armenia, and Pontus (the southern coastal region of the Black Sea in eastern Anatolia, present-day Turkey). Travelers and colonists from theseS…
  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Absalmos

    The relief depict several unusual scenes from Mithras's myth.

    TNMM128

    ἐκ τῶν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπὶ ̕Αβσάλμου
  • Mithraeum

    Mithraeum of Qasr Ibn Wardan

    According to F. Cumont, the Bedouins told a legend from which Nöldeke concluded that the castle of Quasr-ibn-Wardân was a fort with a mithraeum.

    TNMM350 – CIMRM 73

  • Monumentum

    Inscription to Tourmasgade of Dura Europos

    This inscription by a certain Ioulianos, found at the entrance to the Dolichenum at Dura Europos, bears an inscription to Zeus Helios Mithras et Tourmasgade.

    TNMM661 – CIMRM 70

    Διὶ Ἡλίῳ / Μίθρᾳ άγί/ῳ ὑψίστῳ / ἐπηκόῳ / Τουρμασγά/δη [---] Ἰου/[λιαν-]ὸς στρα(τιώτης) / [λε]γ(εῶνος) ις´ Φ(λαου…
  • Video

    Reconstructing the Roman Mystery Religion of Mithras

    Our modern understanding of Mithraism, though, depends largely on a few short (and very problematic) literary mentions, mostly written by the cult’s Christian rivals.
  • Syndexios

    Iουλιανος

    Soldier of the Legio XVI Flavia Firma Antoniana stationed at Dura Europos.