Quaere

Mithraic monuments

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

Filter by Mithraea Sort by

Monumentum

Statue of a mother goddess with child
This unusual statue in Mithraic iconography of a mother nursing a child was found in the vestibule of the Mithraeum of Dieburg.
TNMM647 – CIMRM 1262
Monumentum

Altar of Hermadio from Tibiscum
This altar was erected by Hermadio, who also signed other monuments in Dacia and even in Rome.
TNMM579 – CIMRM 2153
S(oli) I(nvicto) N(umini) M(ithrae) / pro salute / P(ubli) Ael(i) Mari / Hermadio / act(or) Turran(i) / Dii v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).
Monumentum

Iron sword and crown of Güglingen
Several iron fragments found in the second mithraeum of Güglingen may have been used during mithraic ceremonies.
TNMM377
Monumentum

Taurcotony of Nesce
The relief of Mithras slaying the bull of Nersae includes several episodes from the exploits of the solar god.
TNMM420 – CIMRM 650, 651
Apronianus rei p(ublicae) ark(arius) sua pecunia fecit.
Monumentum

Altar of Rufius Caeionius Sabinus
In this 4th-century Roman altar, the senator Rufius Caeionius Sabinus defines himself as Pater of the sacred rites of the unconquered Mithras, having undergone the taurobolium.
TNMM756 – CIMRM 522
M(atri) d(eorum) m(agnae) I(daeae) et Attidi Menoturanno s(acrum). Nobilis in causis forma celsusq(ue) Sabinus Hie pater Invieti mystica victor habet, Sermo duos...... reservans Consimiles aufert…
Monumentum

Heliodromus inscription of Cerveteri
This inscription by a certain Memmius Placidus is the first ever found signed by a Heliodromus.
TNMM512
[Deo Soli Invic]/[to Mi]thrae / [Mem]mius Pla/cidus helio/dromus sacr/atus a Curtio / Iuvenale patre / votum [solvit] / [libens merito].
Monumentum

Tauroctony on intaglio
Large intaglio engraved with Mithras as bull slayer surrounded by a peculiar version of Cautes and Cautopates and other celestial deities.
TNMM755
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.
TNMM546 – CIMRM 2354
CHMEA, KANTEV, KONTEV, KONTEV, KHPIΔEV, ΔAPVNKW, ΛVKVNΣ.
Monumentum

Altar of Adiectus from Carnuntum
There is no consensus as to whether the altar of the slave Adiectus from Carnuntum is dedicated to a Mithras genitor of light.
TNMM753 – CIMRM 1676
D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / Adiec(tus) / ser(vus) T(iberii) C(laudii?) v ... / gen(itori) lum(inis) / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito).
Monumentum

Hekataion of Sidon
The Hekataion of Sidon shows a triple Hekate surrounded by three dancing nymphs.
TNMM305 – CIMRM 84, 85
Φλ. Γερόντιος, πατὴρ νόμιμος, εὐχαριστῶν τὴν θέον ἀφιερωσάτω φʹ ἔτι.