This bronze arm, with stars and a swastika, was once thought to be part of a Mithras statuette but has since been dismissed as unrelated to the Mithras cult.
Sandstone relief of Mithras as bull-slayer, found at Petronell in 1932, with dog, serpent and scorpion, traces of polychromy preserved, now in the Museum Carnuntinum.
Sandstone relief of Mithras killing the bull, broken in two parts and partly restored, with dog, serpent and scorpion preserved; formerly in Vienna, now on loan to the Museum Carnuntinum.
Exploring religion, rituals, archaeological insights, and historical impact of the Cult of Mithras in the Danubian provinces.
Saturnin Ksawery
Thank you for this wonderful lecture. If I may, I would highly commend the following book: Eastern Cults in Moesia Inferior and Thracia: 5th Century Bc-4th Ad by Margarita Tacheva-Hitova, as a supplement. It is available on the internet archives.
Two marble statues of Cautes and Cautopates discovered in the Mithraeum of Rusicade, accompanied by symbolic animals including a lion, scorpion, dolphin and bird.
