Mithraic monuments

The Mithraeum I of Cologne is situated amid a block of buildings. It was impossible to narrowly determine its construction and lay-out.

TNMM352 – CIMRM 1018

The Mithraic vase from Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium in Germany includes Sol-Mithras between Cautes and Cautopates, as well as a serpent, a lion and seven stars.

TNMM378 – CIMRM 1020

This small monument without inscription was found in Bingem, Germany.

TNMM725 – CIMRM 1244

This small white marble relief of Mithras as a bullkiller was found in the Botanical Gardens of Vienna in 1950.

TNMM724 – CIMRM 1650

This relief of Mithras as a bullkiller, probably found in Rome, has been part of the Palazzo Mattei collection since at least the end of the 18th century.

TNMM721 – CIMRM 534

Horsley thought that, like some other inscriptions in the Naworth Collection, this altar also had come from Birdoswald.

TNMM720 – CIMRM 872

This relief of Mithras killing the bull is on display at the Royal Ontario Museum.

TNMM719 – CIMRM 606

This sculpture, probably of Cautopates, now in the Musei Vaticani, was transformed into Paris.

TNMM718 – CIMRM 507

This is one of the two torchbearers, probably Cautes, transformed into Paris, now in the British Museum.

TNMM132 – CIMRM 506

Even if only a few fragments remain, it is very likely that the main niche of the Mitreo di Santa Prisca contained the usual representation of Mithras killing the bull.

TNMM717 – CIMRM 479