Monuments and Inscriptions of Mithras

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CIMRM 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 - Coins of Mithra, Bactria / India.
CIMRM 7, 8, 9 - Three Old Persian Inscriptions - Persia
CIMRM 10 - Mithraeum. Charax (=Ai-Todor), Crimea
CIMRM 11 - Terracotta plaque, Panticapaeum, Crimea
CIMRM 12 - Terracotta plaque. Panticapaeum, Crimea
CIMRM 13 - Fragment of tauroctony, "South Russia"
CIMRM 14 - Literary reference to now vanished statue. Trapezos, Turkey.
CIMRM 27 - Bronze aes. Tarsus, Cilicia, ca.240 A.D.
CIMRM 27bis - Inscribed altar. Reign of Commodus. Anazarbus, Cilicia.
CIMRM 28 - General view of Nemrud Dag, Asia Minor.
CIMRM 29 - Colossal head of Mithra. Nemrud Dag, Asia Minor
CIMRM 30 - Antiochus of Commagene and Mithra. Nemrud Dag, Asia Minor.
CIMRM 31 - Lion / Horoscope of Antiochus. Nemrud Dag, Asia Minor.
CIMRM 32 - Inscriptions on throne-backs, Nemrud Dag
CIMRM 33 - Basalt slab of Antiochus of Commagene, Samosata, Syria.
CIMRM 34 - Mithraeum. Dura Europos, Syria.
CIMRM 35 - Three altars. Dura Europos, Syria.
CIMRM 36 - Small finds, lamps, bones. Dura Europos, Syria
CIMRM 37, 38, 39 - Lower tauroctony. Dura Europos, Syria
CIMRM 40-41 - Upper tauroctony. Dura Europos, Syria.
CIMRM 42 - Frescos around tauroctony. Dura Europos, Syria.
CIMRM 52 - Mithras the hunter. Fresco. Dura Europos, Syria.
CIMRM 54 - Graffito from Dura Europos, Syria.
CIMRM 71 - Rectangular relief. Arsha-Wa-Qibar, Syria
CIMRM 72 - Inscription. Sahin, Syria.
CIMRM 73 - Mithraeum at Qasr ibn Wardan? (Seriane?), Syria
CIMRM 74 - The Mithraeum at Sidon.
CIMRM 75 - Tauroctony in Parian marble, Sidon. In the Louvre.
CIMRM 76 - Tauroctony statuette, Sidon. In the Louvre.
CIMRM 77 - Mithras carrying the bull statuette. Sidon. In the Louvre.
CIMRM 78-79 - Lion-headed statuette. Sidon. In the Louvre.
CIMRM 80 - Cautes statuette. Sidon. In the Louvre.
CIMRM 81 - Cautopates statuette. Sidon. In the Louvre.
CIMRM 82 - Cautes statuette with axe. Sidon. In the Louvre.
CIMRM 83 - Cautes statuette with axe. Sidon. In the Louvre.
CIMRM 84-85 - Hecate statuette. Sidon. In the Louvre.
CIMRM 86 - Two statuettes of Venus, one bronze , one marble. Sidon. In the Louvre.
CIMRM 87 - Research note by Vermaseren on the Sidon Mithraeum.
CIMRM 88 - Tauroctony. Si`, Syria
CIMRM 89 - Tauroctony and inscription. Sî`, Syria.
CIMRM 90 - Fragment: head of Mithras. Aleppo, Syria
CIMRM 164 - Framework Tauroctony. Palermo, Sicily.
CIMRM 165 - Cautes. Palermo, Sicily.
CIMRM 166 - Cautopates. Palermo, Sicily.
CIMRM 180 - Mithraeum. S. Capua Vetere, Italy
CIMRM 181 - Fresco of tauroctony. S. Maria Capua Vetere, Italy
CIMRM 182 - Fresco of Cautes, altar, trees. S. Maria Capua Vetere, Italy
CIMRM 183 - Fresco of Cautopates. S. Capua Vetere, Italy.
CIMRM 184 - Fresco of Luna. S. Capua Vetere, Italy.
CIMRM 185 - Unknown - Aion? S. Capua Vetere, Italy.
CIMRM 186 - Amor and Psyche. S. Maria Capua Vetere, Italy
CIMRM 187 - Initiation ceremony 1. S. Capua Vetere, Italy.
CIMRM 188 - Initiation ceremony 2. S. Capua Vetere, Italy.
CIMRM 191 - Initiation ceremony 3. S. Capua Vetere, Italy.
CIMRM 193 - Initiation ceremony 5. S. Capua Vetere, Italy.
CIMRM 194 - Initiation ceremony 4. S. Capua Vetere, Italy.
CIMRM 216 - Casa di Diana Mithraeum. Ostia, Italy.
CIMRM 216 - Cult niche. Casa di Diana Mithraeum. Ostia, Italy.
CIMRM 217 - Two herms. Casa di Diana Mithraeum, Ostia, Italy.
CIMRM 219-220 - Marble altar. Casa di Diana Mithraeum, Ostia, Italy.
CIMRM 221-222 - Fragment of architrave with Arimanius inscription. Ostia, Italy.
CIMRM 229 - The Mithraeum at the "Baths of Mithras" in Ostia, Italy.
CIMRM 229 - The Mithraeum at the "Baths of Mithras" in Ostia, Italy.
CIMRM 230 - Statue of tauroctony. Ostia Museum, Italy.
CIMRM 234 - Bronze slab with head of Mithras. British Museum
CIMRM 254-255 - Cautes and Cautopates. Regio 1, Ostia.
CIMRM 312-313 - The lion-headed god, Rome.
CIMRM 318 - Bronze brooch. Ostia, Italy.
CIMRM 326 - Lion-headed god. Castel Gandolfo, Italy
CIMRM 335 - Tauroctony of Ottavio Zeno. Rome, near San Stefano Rotondo, now lost.
CIMRM 335 - Tauroctony of Ottavio Zeno. Rome, now lost.
CIMRM 336 - Marble inscription of pater patrum from Caelian, Rome, 1731.
CIMRM 337 - Fresco of tauroctony. Rome. Now lost.
CIMRM 338 - Mithraeum at San Clemente, Rome
CIMRM 339-340 - Altar. San Clemente, Rome
CIMRM 341 - Marble cippus, with inscription. San Clemente, Rome
CIMRM 342 - Fragments of 2 torchbearers. San Clemente, Rome
CIMRM 343 - Sol. San Clemente, Rome
CIMRM 344 - Mithras rock-born. San Clemente, Rome
CIMRM 345 - "The Good Shepherd" from San Clemente, Rome - actually St. Peter
CIMRM 346 - Sacrificial bones from San Clemente, Rome
CIMRM 347-348 - Inscriptions. San Clemente, Rome
CIMRM 362 - 1st century inscription. SS. Pietro and Marcellino, Esquiline, Rome.
CIMRM 369 - Altar mentioning Arimanius and Pater Patrum. Esquiline, Rome.
CIMRM 389 - Barberini Mithraeum. Rome.
CIMRM 390 - Fresco of tauroctony. Barberini Mithraeum, Rome.
CIMRM 391, 392, 393, 394, 395 - Other finds. Barberini Mithraeum, Rome.
CIMRM 415-416 - Tauroctony. Borghese collection, Louvre, Paris.
CIMRM 415-416 - Tauroctony. Borghese collection, Louvre, Paris.
CIMRM 420 - Monument to Vettius Agorius Praetextatus, Pater Patrum. Rome.
CIMRM 420 - Second monument to Vettius Agorius Praetextatus, Pater Patrum. Rome
CIMRM 420 - Second monument to Vettius Agorius Praetextatus, Pater Patrum. Rome
CIMRM 423 - Marble slab with inscription by Proficentius. Rome
CIMRM 472, 473, 474, 475 - Three inscriptions in Greek from the Aventine, Rome.
CIMRM 545 - Aion, Museo Gregoriano Profano, Vatican Museums.
CIMRM 546-547 - Tauroctony, Vatican Museum.
CIMRM 586 - Tauroctony. Borghese collection. Louvre, Paris.
CIMRM 592 - Free-standing tauroctony from Rome, now in British Museum.
CIMRM 593-594 - Very early tauroctony. British Museum.
CIMRM 603-604 - Tauroctony of Fortunatus and Alexander. Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.
CIMRM 603 - 1746 engraving of lost tauroctony, probably the same.
CIMRM 611 - Drawing of lion-headed god. Vatican ms.
CIMRM 607 - Tauroctony, broken top and right. Rome, now Boston.
CIMRM 641 - Two-sided relief from Fiorano Romano.
CIMRM 695-696 - Phanes and the egg, from Modena, Italy.
CIMRM 736 - Mithras in a grotto, Vienna.
CIMRM 808 - Supposed Mithraeum at Burham / Wouldham, Kent, Britain
CIMRM 809 - Inscription on broken altar. Isca, Britain
CIMRM 810-811 - Tauroctony, Walbrook Mithraeum, London, Britain.
CIMRM 812 - Cloaked figure with altar. Walbrook Mithraeum, London, Britain.
CIMRM 813 - Oceanus. Walbrook Mithraeum, London, Britain.
CIMRM 814 - Mithraeum. Walbrook, London, Britain
CIMRM 815 - Head of Mithras, from Walbrook Mithraeum, London, Britain.
CIMRM 816 - Fragment of Cautopates. Walbrook Mithraeum, London, Britain.
CIMRM 817 - Torso of deity, Walbrook Mithraeum, London, Britain.
CIMRM 818 - Head of Serapis, from Walbrook Mithraeum, London, Britain.
CIMRM 818 - Hand of a deity, from Walbrook Mithraeum, London, Britain.
CIMRM 818 - Hand of a deity, from Walbrook Mithraeum, London, Britain.
CIMRM 819 - Fragment of circular plaque. Walbrook Mithraeum, London, Britain
CIMRM 820 - Minerva. Walbrook Mithraeum, London, Britain
CIMRM 821 - Statuette of Mercury with sheep. Walbrook Mithraeum, London, Britain
CIMRM 822-823 - Dionysius, Silenus &c., from Walbrook Mithraeum, London, Britain.
CIMRM 824 - Sandstone bowl. Walbrook Mithraeum, London, Britain
CIMRM 825 - Inscription in tabula ansata. Walbrook Mithraeum, London, Britain
CIMRM 826 - Marble fragment with inscription. Walbrook Mithraeum, London, Britain.
CIMRM 827 - Denarius recut with inscription to "Mithras Oromasdes". St. Albans, Britain
CIMRM 828 - Castor-ware beaker. St Albans, Britain
CIMRM 829 - Possible Mithraeum, Colchester, Britain
CIMRM 830 - Torchbearer (?). Chester, Britain
CIMRM 831 - Torchbearer(?). Chester, Britain
CIMRM 832 - Possible shepherd. Chester, Britain
CIMRM 833-834 - Lion-headed statue from York.
CIMRM 835 - Mithras from York temple
CIMRM 836 - Inscription. Lanchester, Britain
CIMRM 837 - Small altar. Lanchester, Britain
CIMRM 838 - Mithraeum. Rudchester, Northumberland, Britain
CIMRM 839, 840, 841, 842, 843 - The Rudchester altars, Hadrian's Wall, Britain
CIMRM 844 - The Carrawburgh Mithraeum, Britain.
CIMRM 845, 846, 847, 848 - Three altars. Carrawburgh, Britain
CIMRM 849 - Cautes and Cautopates, Carrawburgh, Britain.
CIMRM 852 - Mithraeum. Housesteads, Hadrian's Wall, Britain
CIMRM 853 - Remains of Tauroctony. Housesteads, Hadrian's Wall, Britain.
CIMRM 854 - Cautes. Housesteads, Hadrian's Wall, Britain.
CIMRM 860 - Mithras and the egg, from Housesteads, Britain.
CIMRM 881 - Head of god. Arles, France.
CIMRM 893 - Cautopates. Bordeaux, France
CIMRM 908c1 - Vase. Lezoux, France.
CIMRM 1083 - Tauroctony with side-panels. Heddernheim, Germany
CIMRM 1083 - Banquet (reverse). Heddernheim, Germany
CIMRM 1127 - Stele: Mithras rock-born, Cautes, Cautopates, Oceanus, all named. Nida / Heddernheim, Germany.
CIMRM 1138 - Lion-head of statue from Bonn.
CIMRM 1246 - Mithraeum. Dieburg, Germany
CIMRM 1247 - Two-sided relief on pivot with side-panels. Dieburg, Germany.
CIMRM 1248 - Rock-birth. Dieburg, Germany
CIMRM 1249 - Standing Mithras, yellow sandstone. Dieburg, Germany
CIMRM 1250-1251 - Mithras dragging the bull. Dieburg, Germany
CIMRM 1252 - Hercules. Dieburg, Germany
CIMRM 1253-1254 - Statue of a genius. Dieburg, Germany
CIMRM 1255-1256 - Genius. Dieburg, Germany
CIMRM 1257 - Mercury. Dieburg, Germany
CIMRM 1258 - Base of statue of Mercury. Dieburg, Germany
CIMRM 1259 - Animal's backside. Dieburg, Germany
CIMRM 1260 - Minerva. Dieburg, Germany
CIMRM 1261 - Juno. Dieburg, Germany
CIMRM 1262 - Mother goddess with child. Dieburg, Germany
CIMRM 1263 - Base with foot. Dieburg, Germany
CIMRM 1271 - Dieburg - Fragment of a relief showing planetary gods
CIMRM 1283 - Tauroctony with clear panels. Neuenheim, Germany.
CIMRM 1289 - Mithras as hunter. Neuenheim, Germany.
CIMRM 1292-1293 - Tauroctony. Osterburken, Germany.
CIMRM 1301 - 6 scenes; tree, water-miracle, rock-birth with shepherd, other. Besigheim, Germany.
CIMRM 1400 - Tauroctony found in 1579 near Mauls, in Austria.
CIMRM 1400 - Modern-coloured version of Sterzing tauroctony, Austria.
CIMRM 1487 - Mithraeum I. Poetovio / Pettau / Ptuj, Slovenia.
CIMRM 1492-1493 - Mithras rock-born, surrounded by a serpent. Ptuj (Poetovio), Slovenia.
CIMRM 1494-1495 - Mithras Taurophorus, Ptuj (Poetovio), Slovenia.
CIMRM 1496-1497 - Votive altar with transitu dei, Ptuj (Poetovio), Slovenia.
CIMRM 1509 - Mithraeum II. Poetovio / Pettau / Ptuj, Slovenia.
CIMRM 1510 - Fragments of cult-relief. Mithraeum II, Ptuj / Poetovio, Slovenia.
CIMRM 1578 - Mithraeum III. Poetovio / Pettau / Ptuj, Slovenia.
CIMRM 1579 - Fragment of relief, Pettau / Ptuj III, Slovenia.
CIMRM 1584 - Left side of Altar: bow, quiver, dagger. Ptuj (Poetovio), Slovenia.
CIMRM 1584 - Front of Altar: Mithras and Sol cooking meat. Ptuj (Poetovio), Slovenia.
CIMRM 1584 - Right side of Altar: Mithras with bow, water-miracle. Ptuj (Poetovio), Slovenia.
CIMRM 1591-1592 - White marble altar. Ptuj III, Slovenia
CIMRM 1593-1594 - Rockbirth with Saturn. Ptuj III, Slovenia.
CIMRM 1718 - Marble altar. Vienna, Austria.
CIMRM 1773, 1774, 1775 - Altar to Arimanius. Aquincum V. Budapest, Hungary.
CIMRM 1893-1894 - Tauroctony of Antonius Menander. Lisicici, Herzegovina.
CIMRM 1896 - Two-sided relief. Tauroctony, Mithraic communion. Nr. Konjic, Bosnia
CIMRM 1935 - Tauroctony. Sibiu, Romania
CIMRM 1958-1959 - Tauroctony. Alba Iulia, Romania
CIMRM 1972 - Tauroctony. Alba Iulia, Romania.
CIMRM 1975 - Tauroctony. Alba Iulia, Romania.
CIMRM 1991 - Rockbirth of Mithras. Alba Iulia, Romania
CIMRM 2186 - Mithras riding the bull, from Sibiu, Romania.
CIMRM 2120-2121 - Named statue of Cautopates. Sarmizegetusa, Romania.
CIMRM 2122-2123 - Statue of Cautes. Sarmizegetusa, Romania.
CIMRM 2257 - Tauroctony, no scorpion. Plevna/Pleven, Bulgaria
CIMRM 2268 - Early square marble stone. Steklen near Svichtov. Sofia, Bulgaria.
CIMRM 2338 - Tauroctony from Turowite nr. Kurtowo-Konare. Now at Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
CIMRM 2364 - Rectangle gem (obverse). Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, USA.
CIMRM 2364 - Rectangle gem (reverse). Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, USA.
CIMRM 2366 - Magical gem with tauroctony on side A and Kabeiros on side B. Hamburg, Germany
CIMRM 2367 - Gold ring with Tauroctony. Walters Art Museum, USA