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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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Intaglio of Mithras Tauroctonus at the Walters Art Museum
This ancient carnelian intaglio mounted in gold depicts Mithras slaying the bull surrounded by his companions Cautes and Cautopates.
CIMRM 2367
From Greece
Mithraeum

Mitreo della Piazza Dante
The Mithraeum located in Piazza Dante in Rome was discovered in 1874 along with a series of monuments dedicated by a Pater named Primus.
CIMRM 349
From Italy
Monumentum

Cautopates in the Walters Art Museum
This fragmentary relief shows Cautopates bordered by three of the six zodiacal signs with which He is associated: Capricorn, Sagittarius and Scorpio.
From Italy
Monumentum

Bronze plaque of Mithras slaying the bull
Mithras Tauroctony on bronze exposed at the Metropolitan Museum of New York.
Monumentum

Plaque with the list of worshippers of Virunum
The bronze bears the dedication of a restoration of a Mithraeum carried out in 183.
From Austria
D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) pro salute imp(eratoris) [[Commodi]] Auglustil pii / qui templum vii conlapsum impendio suo restituerunt / et mortalitat8is) causa convener(unt) / Marullo et Aeliano...
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Altar of Kalkar
This altar found at ancient Burginatum is the northernmost in situ Mithraic find on the continent.
From Germany
D(eo) I(nvicto) I(mperatori) / Ulp(ius) ( Am(---) · ( p(ater) / s(acrorum) aes · ex ius-su · ip·sius
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Altar with inscription from Baetulo
This altar was dedicated to Cautes by a certain Lucius in Baetulo (Badalona), near Barcino (Barcelona).
From Spain
K(auti) deo / L(ucius) Valer(ius) Monteius / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).
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Altar of Carrawburgh by Antonius Proculus
One of the three altars to Mithras found at the Mithraeum of Carrawburgh fort.
CIMRM 845
From United Kingdom
Deo Inv(icto) M(ithrae) / L(ucius) Antonius / Proculus / praef(ectus) coh(ortis) I Bat(avorum) Antoninianae / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).
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Altar of Merida consecrated by Marcus Valerius Secundus
This altar is dedicated to the birth of Mithras by a frumentarius of the Legio VII Geminae.
CIMRM 793
From Spain
Ann(o) Col(oniae) CLXXX / aram genesis / Inuicti Mithrae / M(arcus) Val(erius) Secundus / fr(umentarius) Leg(ionis) VII Gem(inae) dono / ponendam merito curauit / G(aio) Accio Hedychro patre
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Ara of the Mithraeum of Lugo
Victorius Victorious, centurion of the Legio VII, erected the altar in honour of the Lugo garrison and of the Victorius Secundus and Victor, his freedmen.
From Spain
Deo / Inuic(to) Mithrae / G(aius) Victorius Vic/torinus (centurio) L(egionis) VII G(emina) / Antonianiae P(iae) F(elicis) / in honorem sta/tionis lucensis / et Victoriorum / Secundi et Vic/toris...
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Altar of Benifayó
This altar found in Benifaió, València, was erected by a slave called Lucanus.
From Spain
Invicto / Mithrae / Lucanus / Ser(vus).
Monumentum

Mercury of Mérida
The statue of Mercury in Merida bears a dedication from the Roman Pater of a community in the city in 155.
CIMRM 780, 781
From Spain
Ann(o) col(oniae) CLXXX / invicto deo Mithrae / sacr(um) / G(aius) Accius Hedychrus / Pater / a(nimo) (libente) plosuit).
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Altar of Klechovtse
The limestone altar at Klechovtse in North Macedonia bears an inscription to the invincible Mithras.
CIMRM 2209
From North Macedonia
[D(eo) i(nvicto)] M(ithrae) / fano mag(no) / pro sal(ute) Aug[g(ustorum)] n(ostrorum) / Apollonides / eorund(em) vect(igalis) Il/lyr(ici) ser(vus) (contra)sc(riptor) st(ationis) / Lamud(---) quam...
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Plaque of Milan by Ulbius Gaianus
This monument dedicated to 'Invicto Patrio' was found in Milan in 1869.
CIMRM 709
From Austria
Invicto / patrio / Ulb(ius) Gaianus / praef(ectus) vehic(ulorum).
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Tauroctonia de Walbrook
The image of Mithras killing the bull, found near Walbrook, is surrounded by a Zoadiac circle.
CIMRM 810, 811
From United Kingdom
Ulpius Silvanus / factis Arausione / emeritus leg(ionis) II aug(ustae) / votum solvit.
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Lápida mitráica de San Juan de la Isla
The monument of San Juan de la Isla (Asturias) devoted to Mithras was preserved in the portico of the main church until 1843.
CIMRM 803
From Spain
Ponit in/victo Deo / Austo Po/nit lebien/s Fronto / aram invi/cto Deo Au/sto lebien/s ponit pr(a)e/sedente p[a/t]rem patr[a/t]um leon(e)/m.
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Tabula ansata from Brigetio
The tablet shows a dedication by a Roman soldier.
CIMRM 1739
From Hungary
Deo Invicto / Ulpius Sabinus / miles legio/nis primae / (A)diutricis.
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Tauroctony stele of Nicopolis ad Istrum
The Tauroctony of Nicopolis ad Istrum is unique as it is the only Mithraic stele befitting a Greek donor.
CIMRM 2264, 2265
From Bulgaria
Ἀγαθῆι τύχηι. Ἡλίῳ | Μίθρᾳ | θεῷ | ἐπηκόῳ || Αὐρ(ήλιος) | Μᾶρκος | γναφεὺς | τὸ συήλιον | σὺν τῇ || ζωγραφίᾳ |...
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Dionysus group marble of London
Marble group of Dionysus accompanied by a Silenus on a donkey, a satyr and a menead.
CIMRM 822, 823
From United Kingdom
Hominibus bagis bitam.
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Altar by Caius Aemilius Superaius of Merida
Small white marble altar made in honour of Mithras found at San Albín, Mérida.
CIMRM 796
From Spain
Deo / invicto / C(aius) Aemilius / Superai[us] / a(nimo) l(ibens) p(osuit).