The New Mithraeum Database

What is known by now as the special branch of "Mithraic Studies," grows in the international bibliography almost day by day. Thanks to the great works of F. Cumont and S. J. Vermaseren, we know the majority of the archaeological and art monuments which fo…

W. Vollgraff, Une inscription gravée sur un vase cultuel mithriaque. Extrait de : Mededelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afd. Letterkunde. Nieuwe Reeks, Deel 18, N° 8, pp. 205-218, 2 figg. et 1 pi. Prix : 1,25 fl. Un ré…

Fruit de longues années de recherche et de réflexion, cette synthèse historique solide retrace l'étonnante carrière de Julien, homme de lettres et empereur, par une succession de chapitres courts. Le gros de l'ouvrage porte sur la brève période …

There are references to two places of worship from Dieburg, whereby the Mithraeum, discovered in 1926.

TNMM232 – CIMRM 1246

The Hekataion of Sidon shows a triple Hekate surrounded by three dancing nymphs.

TNMM305 – CIMRM 84, 85

The relief of Aion from Vienne includes a naked youth in Phrygian cap holding the reins of a horse.

TNMM265 – CIMRM 902

This inscription found in the Mithraeum Aldobrandini informs us of certain restorations carried out in the temple during a second phase of development.

TNMM568 – CIMRM 233

The Aion / Phanes relief, currently on display in the Gallerie Estensi, Moneda, is associated with two Eastern mysteric religions: Mithraism and Orphism.

TNMM327 – CIMRM 695, 696

In this fresco from Dura Europos, Mithras is represented as a hunter accompanied by the lion and the serpent.

TNMM286 – CIMRM 52

Procession of figures dressed in different ways with inscriptions calling them by the seven grades of the Mithraic initiation cult.

TNMM115 – CIMRM 480