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CIMRM 364 & 365

Fragmentary relief corner depicting Mithras as bull-slayer, preserving the bull’s hindquarters, scorpion, serpent and part of a torchbearer, with a partial inscription.

 
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CIMRM 1665

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.

 
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CIMRM 1701

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.

 
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CIMRM 1410

Conglomerate statue of the birth of Mithras, found in a burnt layer, showing the god nude emerging from the rock with raised hands and a snake.

 
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CIMRM 1532

Marble votive altar with inscription to Mithras, featuring coiled, fan-like motifs above the text and associated with the statio Enensis.

 
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Altar from Mitreo di San Clemente

The altar of the Mithraeum of San Clemente bears the Tauroctony on the front, Cautes and Cautopates on the right and left sides and a serpent on the back.

 
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Cautes from Boppard

Statue of Cautes from Bodobrica, discovered around 1940, depicting the torchbearer standing before a tree or rock and associated with a bucranium.

 
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CIMRM 411

Triangular marble slab (H. 0.39 Br. 0.30 D. 0.03), found in the Forum of Nerva.

 
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CIMRM 411 & 412

Small triangular slab bearing a Latin inscription referring to Sol Invictus and to a sacred cave, probably dating to the 4th century AD.

 
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Mithréum de Vienne

Emperor Julian may have been initiated into the cult of the god Mithras at the Mithraeum of Vienne, France, according to Turcan.

 
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Altar to Arimanius of the Esquilino

This altar mentioning the god Arimanius was found in 1655 at Porta San Giovanni, on the Esquilino.

 
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Mithraic vessel of Mainz

The Mithraic vase from Ballplatz in Mainz depicts seven figures arranged in two narrative sequences, commonly interpreted in relation to initiation rites.

 
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CIMRM 169

Head, possibly of Mithras, wearing a Phrygian cap, found in the bed of the Millicri River, near Locri, Calabria.

 
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CIMRM 599

Mithras being born from the rock (petrogenia), acquired in Rome and formerly kept in Berlin.

 
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Tauroctony on display in Boston

This fragmentary relief depicts Mithras killing the bull in the usual manner, remarkably dressed in oriental attire.

 
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Mitreo della Crypta Balbi

The Mithraeum of the Crypta Balbi was locted in the middle of a densely populated insula near the theatre of Cornelius Balbus.

 
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Mitreo di San Clemente

The Mithraeum under the Basilica of San Clemente made part of a notable Roman house.

 
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Tauroctony of Mithras and Tellus

This tauroctony relief is distinguished by the rare depiction of Tellus reclining beneath the bull.

 
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CIMRM 227

Marble statue of Cautes, found at Ostia. The head, one arm and the legs are missing. The figure wears a short tunic and raises the torch in the canonical upward gesture.

 
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CIMRM 997

Small limestone stele, discovered at Apt in 1903. It depicts a standing torchbearer in the conventional Mithraic posture and dress, accompanied by a cock placed at his feet.

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