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Monuments to Mithras tagged with ‘tauroctonia’

Monuments, inscriptions and artefacts related to Mithras and his cult tagged with ‘tauroctonia’.

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Fragmented tauroctony of Dormagen
This second tauroctony, found in the Mithraeum of Dormagen, was consecrated by a man of Thracian origin.
TNMM633 – CIMRM 1014, 1015
Deo Soli I(nvicto) M(ithrae) p(ro) s(alute) Th(?)urat(?)r(?)[al]is Didil[ae f(ilius)] / dup[l(arius)] al(a)e Noricorum ci[vis T(h)rax v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito)]
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Tauroctony of Plovdiv
This Mithraic relief of the Danubian type was found in 1940 in the old town of Plovdiv.
TNMM632 – CIMRM 2338
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Tauroctony relief of Sidon
The tauroctony relief of Sidon depicts the signs of the zodiac and the four seasons, among other familiar features.
TNMM142 – CIMRM 75
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Tauroctony medallion of Transylvania
This medallion belongs to a specific category of rounded pieces found in other provinces of the Roman world.
TNMM430 – CIMRM 2187
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Tauroctony medallion of Egypt
This tauroctony may have come from Hermopolis and its style suggests a Thraco-Danubian origin.
TNMM431 – CIMRM 105
ZANDYS
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Two Mithras-Attis terracotta from Kerch
Terracotta tablets depicting a Taurombolium by Attis which might be at the origins of the mithraic Tauroctony iconography.
TNMM272 – CIMRM 11, 12
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Tauroctony of Mithras and Tellus
This relief of Mithras slaying the bull is unique because of the representation of Tellus lying under the bull.
TNMM623 – CIMRM 598
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Tauroctony relief from Alba Iulia
This marble relief from Alba Iulia contains numerous scenes from the myth of Mithras.
TNMM480 – CIMRM 1958, 1959
D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) T(itus) Aur(elius) F(abia) (tribu) Marcus vet(eranus) leg(ionis) XIII g(eminae).
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Main Tauroctony relief from Dura Europos
The main relief of Mithras killing the bull from the Mithraeum of Dura Europos includes three persons named Zenobius, Jariboles and Barnaadath.
TNMM298 – CIMRM 40, 41
Θεοῦ (sic) Μίθραν ἐπόησεν Ζηνόβιος ὁ καὶ Εἰαειβᾶς Ἰαριβωλέους / στρατεγὸς τοξοτῶν ἔτους δευτέρου πυ̕.
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Tauroctony of La Bâtie-Montsaléon
This damaged relief of Mithras killing the bull found in 1804 and formerly exposed at Gap, is now lost.
TNMM500 – CIMRM 898, 899
[Deo Soli in]victo M. Iulius Maternia/[n]us ex voto.
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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.
TNMM179 – CIMRM 37, 38
Ἔθφανει ἰστρατηγα
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Tauroctony of the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere
The relief of Mithras slaying the bull from the Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres was discovered in 1802 by Petirini by order of Pope Pius VII.
TNMM144 – CIMRM 245, 246
A. Decimius A(uli) f(ilius) Pal(atina) Decimianus s(ua) p(ecunia) restituit. // A. Decimius A(uli) f(ilius) Pal(atina) Decimianus aedem / cum suo pronao ipsumque deum solem Mithra / et marmoribus e…
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Tauroctony of Albergo Constanzi
Only a fragment of this marble group of Mithras killing the bull remains.
TNMM606 – CIMRM 535, 536
deum sibi // sua pecunia
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Fresco with tauroctony and seven cypresses
This enigmatic fresco on top of the main tauroctony shows Mithras killing the bull, accompanied by Cautes and Cautopates, surrounded by burning altars and cypress trees.
TNMM422 – CIMRM 45, 46
Νάμα Μαρέῳ ζωγράφῳ.
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Tauroctony 593
This is the earliest sculpture of Mithras killing the bull known to date.
TNMM164 – CIMRM 593, 594
Alcimus T. Cl(audi) Liviani ser(vus) vilic(us) S(oli) M(ithrae) v(otum) s(olvit) d(onum) d(edit)
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Tauroctony of Memphis
Discovered in Memphis, Egypt, a second relief depicting Mithras killing the bull.
TNMM605 – CIMRM 92
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Tauroctony of Memphis
This Mithras killing the Bull relief from Memphis, Egypt, it is preserved in the Museum of Cairo.
TNMM112 – CIMRM 93
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Tauroctony of Pisa
This white marble relief of Mithas killing the sacred bull was found embedded in the building of a noble family in Pisa.
TNMM604 – CIMRM 663
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Mithraic brooch of Ostia
In the Mithraic bronze brooch found in Ostia, Cautes and Cautopates have been replaced by a nightingale and a cock.
TNMM369 – CIMRM 318
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Taurcotony sculpture from Sidon
The Mithras killing the bull sculpture from Sidon, currently Lebanon.
TNMM156 – CIMRM 76
Φλ. Γερόντιος, πατὴρ νόμιμος τῶν τελετῶν τοῦ θεοῦ εὐχαριστῶν αφιερωσάτω τῷ φ̕ ἔτει.