TNMM 1023 CIMRM 459. Fresco in an arched niche (H. 1.80 Br. 1.10) above the right bench. Mithras, dressed in purple tunic with long sleeves and anaxyrides, wears on his head the Phrygian cap, of which ...

TNMM 805 CIMRM 1906. Marble relief (H. 0.21 Br. 0.26 D. 0.025), found at Miline near Jajce. At first in the collection of Major Holzhausen, then in the Fr. Cumont collection in Rome; now Belgian ...

TNMM 804. This fragment of a sculpture, measuring 48 x 45 cm, depicts Mithras emerging from a rock, accompanied by serpent motifs. Discovered in Aquileia, Italy, it is now preserved in the Museo ...

In the centre of Aosta, on the edge of the busy Via Festaz, there is a recreational area known as ’Liliana Brivio’, which contains a site of archaeological interest. It corresponds to part of Insulae ...

The ara comes from Rome, from the house of Francesco della Porta. The inscription confirms that it was erected by two summagistri, Gaius Lucretius Mnestrer and Marcus Aemilius Philetus.

Inscription, found in the Forum. Invicto d[eo] Mithrae d[ed(it)?] P. Numidi[us] / Decen[s]. CIL VIII 18042; MMM II No. 528. Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum ...

TNMM 774. Roman, Imperial period, c. 3rd century AD. An enticing marble relief depicting Mithras killing a sacred bull. Dressed in a tunic, Mithras is depicted in the traditional manner, kneeling over ...

Many scholarly and often brilliant hypotheses have been put forward over the decades to identify these ‘inventors’. One of the most famous and seductive is that of the astrologer Balbillus as the ...

On ne saurait qu'applaudir à l'idée qu'a eue V. J. Walters de faire le point des découvertes mithriaques en Gaule romaine. Son projet reste dominé par le découpage administratif des « Roman provinces ...

Two reliefs in sandstone (H. 0.93-0.96 Br. 0.45 D. 0.18-0.15). Both reliefs are broken in fragments and badly damaged. Two torchbearers in Eastern attire and cross-legged. Cautopates points his torch ...

Greyish-white marble slab, found in fragments in the amphitheater of Italica, a Roman city in the province of Baetica (modern-day Santiponce, near Seville, Spain).

White marble relief (H. 0.95 Br. 1.85), walled in the Palazzo Mattei under the arches of the inner court, to the right of the entrance. In a cave Mithras in the usual attitude and attire, slaying the ...