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Mithraic monuments

Monuments, inscriptions and artefacts related to Mithras and his cult.

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Tauroctony of Osterburken
Franz Cumont considers the bas relief of Osterburken 'the most remarkable of all the monuments of the cult of Mithras found up to now'.
TNMM176 – CIMRM 1292, 1293
D[eo] S[oli] I[nvicto] M[ithrae] M[er?]catorius Castrensis in suo cons[ituit].
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Tauroctony of the Mitreo dell'Esquilino
This simple relief of Mithras killing the bull without his companions Cautes and Cautopates was found in the so-called Mithraeum of the Esquilino, Rome.
TNMM645 – CIMRM 357
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Tauroctony relief from Ladenburg
The Tauroctony from Landerburg, Germany, shows a naked Mithras only accompanied by his fellow Cautes.
TNMM290 – CIMRM 1275
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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.
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Altar of Nummius Amandus from Alba Iulia
This altar dedicated to the Invincible Sol Mithra was found in 1878 in a cemetery in Alba Iulia.
TNMM643 – CIMRM 1951
Soli i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / C(aius) Nummius / Amandus / qui et / templum.
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Tauroctony of Aelius Hylas from Doştat
This monument bears an inscription by a certain Lucius Aelius Hylas, in which he associates Sol Invictus with Jupiter.
TNMM642 – CIMRM 2006, 2007
Io(vi) S(oli) invi(cto) / deo genitori / r(upe) n(ato). L. Aeli(us) Hylas (vicesimarius) l(ibertus) pr(o) sa(lute) et Horientis (sic) fil(ii) sui et Apuleia(e) eius signum numinis cum absidata / ex v…
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Altar 2 of Tibiscum by Hermadio
This altar was erected by Hermadio, who also signed other monuments in Dacia and even in Rome.
TNMM580
Libero Patri / pro salute Mar(ci) / Turrani Dii et / [F]l(aviae)(?) Aeliae Nices / M(arcus) Turran(ius) / Patroclus ex / voto.
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Autel of Straton from Kreta
Straton, son of Straton, consecrated an altar to Helios Mithras in Kreta, Moesia inferior.
TNMM640 – CIMRM 2260
Στράτω/ν Στράρω/νος άνέθη(κεν) / τὸ(ν) βωμὸν / Ἡλίῳ Μίθρᾳ
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Inscription of Ision from Guberevac
In this monument, the imperial slave Ision claims the completion of a new temple to Mithras in Moesia.
TNMM639 – CIMRM 2235
Invicto deo / Ision Caes(aris) n(ostri) ser(vus) / vil(icus) vectigal(is) Il/lyr(ici) templ(um) omn(i) / re instruct(um) a / solo p(ecunia) s(ua) f(aciendum) c(uravit)
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Tauroctony of Euthices from Apulum
This marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was made by a freedman who dedicated it to his old masters.
TNMM638 – CIMRM 1935, 1936
D(eo) S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / [pro salute et incolumi]tate M. Aurelii Timothei et Aur(elii) Maximii / [votum nuncupavit sol]vitq(ue) Euthices eorum l[ib(ertus)].