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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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Tauroctony of the Villa Borghese
This relief of Mithras slaying the bull was erected in Piazza del Campidoglio, moved to Villa Borghese and is now in the Louvre Museum.
TNMM131 – CIMRM 415, 416
Nama Sebesio. / Deo Soli invict[o] Mitrhe (sic!) / C(aii) Aufidii Ianuarius [et…] Nam/a/ ne CS
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Tauroctony relief from Crikvine
This relief of Mithras killing the sacred bull was found in 1908 near Klisa, in the surroundings of Salona, the ancient capital of Roman Dalmatia.
TNMM591 – CIMRM 1871
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Tauroctony relief of Fertőrákos
The main cultic relief of Mithras slaying the bull of Fertorakos was carved into the rock face.
TNMM170 – CIMRM 1642
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Tauroctony of Dunaújváros (Intercisa)
The relief of Mithras slaying the bull of Danaújváros was found broken into three parts in a tomb looted in antiquity.
TNMM411 – CIMRM 1838
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Tauroctony of Santo Stefano Rotondo
The relief of Mithras killing the bull of Stefano Rotodon preserves part of his polycromy and depicts two unusual figures: Hesperus and an owl.
TNMM365
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Tauroctony of Neuenheim
The Tauroctony relief of Neuenheim, Heidelberg, includes several scenes from the deeds of Mithras and other gods.
TNMM205 – CIMRM 1283
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Intaglio with Mithras and Abraxas at the Walters Art Museum
This unusual piece depicts Mithras slaying the bull on one side and the Gnostic god Abraxas on the other.
TNMM544 – CIMRM 2364
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Tauroctony of the Gran Mitreo de Mérida
These fragments of a monumental tauroctony found in the Cerro de San Albín must have decorated the Gran Mitreo de Mérida, which has not yet been found.
TNMM584
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Mitra de Cabra
The Mithras of Cabra is the only full preserved Tauroctony sculpture found in Spain yet.
TNMM136 – CIMRM 771
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Tauroctonia del Cortile del Belvedere
White marble relief depicting Mithras slaying the bull, dedicated by Atimetus.
TNMM210 – CIMRM 546, 547
Soli invicto deo / Atimetus Aug(ustorum) n(ostrorum) ser(vus) act(uarius) praediorum Romaniarorum.
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Tauroctony of the Loggia Scoperta
Currently in the Musei Vaticani, this Tauroctony includes Mithras's birth restored as Venus anaduomene.
TNMM209 – CIMRM 556, 625
Val(erius) Marinus pater sign(um) ǀ Invicti Mitrhe ex voto po(suit).
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Tauroctony of Santa Maria Capua Vetere
The main fresco of the Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere portrays Mithras slaughtering a white bull.
TNMM169 – CIMRM 181
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Tauroctony on altar of Ptuj
Remarkable fragmentary sculpture of Mithras slaying the bull on an inscribed altar found in Mithraeum III at Ptuj.
TNMM564 – CIMRM 1589, 1590
D(eo) S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / pro (sa) salute /canaliclari / et actariorum /et codicarior(um) / et librariorum / leg(ionum) V M(acedonicae) et XIII g(eminae) / Gallienarum.
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Tauroctony of Fellbach
This relief of Mithras killing the bull, now on display in Stuttgart, includes a small altar with a sacrificial knife and an oil lamp.
TNMM563
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Relief de Bourg-Saint-Andéol
The low relief of Bourg-Saint-Andéol depicting Mithras killing the bull has been chiseled on the rock.
TNMM129 – CIMRM 896, 897
Num[ini] . . . . V . . | deum Invictum | T Fur(ius) Iu[stus?] d(e) s(ua) p(ecunia) f(ecit).
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Bronze medallion from Gordian III with tauroctony
The bronze medallion, from Cilicia, shows Mithras Tauroctonus on the revers.
TNMM274 – CIMRM 27
Τάρσου μητροπόλεως. Α(ύτονόυ) μ(ητρόπόλεως) Κ(ιλιχίας) γ(ράμματι) β(ουλής).
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Intaglio with Mithras and Kabiros
This intaglio with Mithras killing the bull on one side and Kabiros on the other was probably used as a magical amulet.
TNMM551 – CIMRM 2366
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Intaglio of chalcedony at the BnF
This intaglio depicting Mithras killing the bull is preserved at the Bibliothèque national de France.
TNMM279
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Intaglio of Mithras Tauroctonus at the Walters Art Museum
This ancient carnelian intaglio mounted in gold depicts Mithras slaying the bull surrounded by his companions Cautes and Cautopates.
TNMM543 – CIMRM 2367
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Bronze plaque of Mithras slaying the bull
Mithras Tauroctony on bronze exposed at the Metropolitan Museum of New York.
TNMM137