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Monuments figurés relatifs aux Mystères de Mithra

Monuments, temples and other objects related to Mithras, his cult and related subjects.

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Relief of Mithras, Shapur II and Ardashit II
This monument depicts Mihr/Mithras watching over the transition of power from Shapur II to Ardashit II, which took place in 379.
From Iran
Monumentum

Inscription of the Olympius for a Leo
The inscription explains the transmission of the fourth Mithraic degree through the Paters of the Mitraeum of San Silvestro.
CIMRM 400
From Italy
Constantio VIllI et Iuliano II con[s(ulibus)] / Nonius Victor Olympius v(ir) c(larissimus) p(ater) p(atrum) / et Aur(elius) Victor Augentius v(ir) [c(larissimus)] pater / tradiderunt leontica IIII...
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Bronze medallion from Gordian III with tauroctony
The bronze medallion, from Cilicia, shows Mithras Tauroctonus on the revers.
CIMRM 27
From Turkey
Τάρσου μητροπόλεως. Α(ύτονόυ) μ(ητρόπόλεως) Κ(ιλιχίας) γ(ράμματι) β(ουλής).
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Medallions with Mithras from Trapezus
These bronze medallions associates the image of several Roman emperors with that of Mithras, usually as a rider, in the province Pontus.
From Turkey
Mithraeum

Mitreo del Palazzo Imperiale
A mosaic by Silvanus, dated to the time of Commodus, was found in a niche in a nearby room of the Mithraeum in the Imperial Palace at Ostia.
CIMRM 250, 251
From Italy
Monumentum

Aion of Mitreo Fagan
The marble Aion from the lost Mithraeum Fagan, Ostia, now presides the entrance to the Vatican Library.
CIMRM 312, 313
From Italy
C. Valeri/us Heracles pat(er) / et C(aii) Valerii / Vitalis et Nico/mes sacerdo/tes s(ua) p(e)c(unia) p(o)s(ue)r(unt). / D(e)d(icatum) idi(bus) aug(ustis) im(peratore) / Com(odo) / VI et /...
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Altar to Mithras at the Walters Art Museum
This altar bears an inscription to the health of the emperor Commodus by a certain Marcus Aurelius, his father and two other fellows.
CIMRM 510
From Italy
Soli Invicto / Mithrae / pro salute Commod(i) / Antonini Aug(usti) domin(i) n(ostri) / M(arcus) Aurel(ius) Stertinius / Carpus una cum Carpo / proc(uratore) k(astrensi) patre et Her/mioneo et Balbino...
Monumentum

Gnostic amulet with Mithras monogram
This silver amulet depicts Abraxas on one side and the first verses of the Book of Genesis in Hebrew on the other.
Monumentum

Tauroctony from the Mithräum von Heddernheim
This relief is so well-known that it has been reproduced in nearly every handbook of archaeology and of history of religions.
CIMRM 1083
From Germany
Monumentum

Two-sided relief from Rückingen
This remarkable double-sided relief depicts the myth of Mithras and the Tauroctony on one side, and a scene of Mithras the hunter and the banquet of Mithras and the Sol on the other.
CIMRM 1137
From Germany
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of the Baths of Caracalla
The Mitreo delle terme di Caracalla is one of the largest temple devoted to Mithras found in Rome so far.
CIMRM 457
From Italy
Monumentum

Intaglio with Tauroctony from Munich
This heliotrope gem, depicting Mithras slaying the bull, dates from the 2nd-3rd century, but was reused as an amulet in the 13th century.
From Germany
Monumentum

Intaglio with Mithras and Kabiros
This intaglio with Mithras killing the bull on one side and Kabiros on the other was probably used as a magical amulet.
CIMRM 2366
From Germany
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Ottavio Zeno
The relief of Mithras slaying the bull by Ottavio Zeno is lost, but two tablets of Cautes and Cautopates, which were part of the same ensemble, has been exposed at the Louvre.
CIMRM 335
From Italy
Monumentum

Intaglio of Abraxas with Mithras inscription
Gnostic amulet found Ancient Agora of Athens depicting Abraxas on one side and a mithraic inscription on the other
From Greece
AΔWNAIE ABPACAE AEHIOYW IAW CABAWΘ
Monumentum

Intaglio with Tauroctony and Lion with bee
This intaglio portrays Mithra slaying the bull on one side, and a lion with a bee, around seven stars, and inscription, on the other.
CIMRM 2354
From Italy
CHMEA, KANTEV, KONTEV, KONTEV, KHPIΔEV, ΔAPVNKW, ΛVKVNΣ
Monumentum

Syncretistic amulet Abraxas-Mithras
This syncretic amulet depicting Abraxas and the word MIΘPAZ was once displayed in the Cappello Museum of Venice.
From Italy
Monumentum

Intaglio with Mithras and Abraxas at the Walters Art Museum
This unusual piece depicts Mithras slaying the bull on one side and the Gnostic god Abraxas on the other.
CIMRM 2364
From Italy
ιαω
Monumentum

Intaglio of chalcedony at the BnF
This intaglio depicting Mithras killing the bull is preserved at the Bibliothèque national de France.
Monumentum

Tauroctony of the Villa Borghese
This relief of Mithras slaying the bull was erected in Piazza del Campidoglio, moved to Villa Borghese and is now in the Louvre Museum.
CIMRM 415, 416
From Italy
Nama Sebesio. / Deo Soli invict[o] Mitrhe (sic!) / C(aii) Aufidii Ianuarius [et…] Nam/a/ ne CS