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Tauroctony from Aigio

The Tauroctony of Patras was found years before the temple over which the relief of Mithras sacrificing the bull was supposed to preside.

 
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Frescoes from the tomb of Aelius Magnus and Aelia Arisuth in Oea

The Mithraic nature of the frescoes of Oea, according to the scholars Cumont and Vermaseren, is now questioned.

 
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Second tautoctony of Sî`

The second tauroctony of Jabal al-Druze seems to have be made by the same sculptor.

 
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Tauroctony from Sî`

In the tauroctony of Jabal al-Druze in Syria, the snake appears to be licking the head of the bull's penis.

 
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Head of Mithras at Nemrud Dag

The colossal head has been identified as a solar god, Apollo-Mihr-Mithras-Helios-Hermes.

 
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Cippus à Zeus Helios great Serapis

This small cippus to Zeus, Helios and Serapis includes Mithras as one of the main gods, although some authors argue that it could be the name of the donor.

 
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Inscription by Numidius Decens from Lambaesis

This inscription by a certain Numidius Decens was found in the Forum of Lambaesis, now Tazoult تازولت in Algeria.

 
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Parthian dipinto from Dura-Europos

Painted Parthian inscription on a ceramic sherd possibly referring to Mithras as a bull-slayer.

 
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Possible Mithraeum from Uruk

Large apsidal hall with podium discovered at Uruk-Warka, once interpreted as a possible Mithraic sanctuary.

 
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Mithraeum of Crimea

The site of Ay-Todor in Crimea revealed a Roman camp, a temple with votive offerings, and a Mithraeum.

 
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Frescoes from Susa

Sassanian-period frescoes discovered at Susa whose possible Mithraic interpretation remains uncertain.

 
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Gold coin of rom Bactria

Gold coin from Bactria depicting ΜΙΙΡΟ (Mithras) with radiate crown and military attributes.

 
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Fragments of a column base from Hamadan

The base of the column bears an inscription that records the rebuilding of a palace at Ectabana ’by the favour of Ahuramaza, Anahita and Mithra’.

 
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Mithraic inscription from Anazarbus

This dedicatory inscription by Aurelius Seleucus, found in Cilicia, aligns with Plutarch’s account of Cilician pirates performing foreign sacrifices and secret rites of Mithras.

 
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Bronze medallion of Gordian III with tauroctony

The bronze medallion, from Cilicia, shows Mithras Tauroctonus on the revers.

 
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Graffito on the sacred nitre

Greek ritual graffito scratched on wall plaster in the Mithraeum of Dura-Europos, mentioning the “fiery exhalation” and the “sacred nitre” of the Magi.

 
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Price list from Dura-Europos

Fragmentary Greek graffito from Dura-Europos recording the prices of everyday goods such as wine, meat, wood and lamp wicks.

 
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Votive plaque from Ballıhisar

This votive silver plaque depicting Mithras was found at the site of Pessinus, Ballıhisar, in Turkey.

 
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Tauroctony from Reșca

Tauroctony relief fragment with torchbearer and scene of Mithras’ rockbirth from Romula, Romania.

 
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First Tauroctony relief of Dura Europos

One of the reliefs of the Dura Europos tauroctonies includes several characters with their respective names.

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