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    Monumentum

    Tauroctony slab privately owned

    This fine Roman marble slab of the killing bull of Mithras belongs to a private owner, most recently from Los Angeles, USA.

    TNMM774

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    Mithraeum

    Mithraeum of Cirta

    An inscription mentioning a speleum decorated by Publilius Ceionius suggests the location of a mithraeum in Cirta, the capital of Numidia.

    TNMM615 – CIMRM 129

    Speleum cum [sig]/nis et omamen[tis] / Publilius Ceion[ius] / Caecina Albinu[s v(ir) c(larissimus)].
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    Tauroctony sculpture of Villa Borghese

    This sculpture of Mithras killing the bull, which belongs to the Louvre Museum, is currently on display in Varsovia.

    TNMM670 – CIMRM 587

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    Tauroctony of Monreale

    On one of the capitals of the cathedral of Santa Maria Nuova in Monreale, Sicily, an unusual turbaned bull-slaying Mithras has been recorded.

    TNMM764

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    Tauroctony of Santo Domingo de Silos

    Mithras slaying the bull appears as the sign of Capricorn in a zodiacal sequence on the Pórtico del Cordero of the Abbey de Santo Domingo de Silos, Burgos, Spain.

    TNMM763

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    Monumentum

    Saul depicted as Mithras Tauroctonos

    Saul cutting the oxen to pieces poses as Mithras Tauroctonos in this painting, which adorns the mantelpiece of Henry II’s bedroom at the Château d’Écouen near Paris.

    TNMM771

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    Tauroctony of Aula Gotica

    What appears to be a representation of Mithras killing the bull appears in the 12th century frescoes of the Basilica dei Santi Quattro Coronati in Rome.

    TNMM762

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    Tauroctony of St. Andrä vor dem Hagenthale

    The votive image was donated by a certain Verus for a mithraeum which was probably located in the hinterland of the Limes.

    TNMM315 – CIMRM 1423, 1424

    D(eus) I(nvictus) M(ithras) verus pro salute / Comacia(e) et com(magenorum) v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).
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    Inscription by Proficentius, Rome

    This marble slab bears an inception be the Pater Proficentius to whom Mithras has suggested to build and devote a temple.

    TNMM437 – CIMRM 423

    Hic locus est felix sanctus piusque benignus / quem monuit Mithras mentemque dedit / Proficentio patri sacrorum / utque sibi spelaeum faceret dedicaretque / et celeri instansque operi reddit muneram /…
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    Mithraeum

    Mitreo di Angera

    The existence of a mithraeum in the "tana del lupo", a natural cave in the castle of Angera, has been assumed since the 19th century, following the discovery of two mithraic inscriptions in the town.

    TNMM82

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    Monumentum

    Votive plaque from Ballıhisar

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

    TNMM770

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    Inscription to Mithras by Claudius Romanius from Köln

    Votive inscription dedicated to Mithras by the veteran soldier Tiberius Claudius Romanius, from the Mithraeum II Köln, 3rd century.

    TNMM559

    D(eo) I(nvicto) M(ithrae) S(oli) s(ocio) / Tiberius Cl(audius) / Romaniu[s] / veteranu[s] / l(ibens) m(erito).
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    Mithraeum

    Mithräum II von Köln

    A second Mithraeum was found in Cologne described by R. L. Grodon as of ’small importance’.

    TNMM353

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    Monumentum

    Intaglio with Tauroctony from Munich

    This heliotrope gem, depicting Mithras slaying the bull, dates from the 2nd-3rd century, but was reused as an amulet in the 13th century.

    TNMM550

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    Mithraeum IV of Aquincum

    The Mithraeum of Symphorus and Marcus, in Óbuda, Budapest, has been restored to public view in 2004 and, while well presented, it has been heavily restored.

    TNMM85 – CIMRM 1767

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    Monumentum

    Tabula ansata from Brigetio

    The tablet shows a dedication by a Roman soldier.

    TNMM252 – CIMRM 1739

    Deo Invicto / Ulpius Sabinus / miles legio/nis primae / (A)diutricis.
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    Mithraeum

    Mithräum II von Güglingen

    Two Mithras sanctuaries, which were located on the edge of the settlement, were excavated in Güglingen.

    TNMM262

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    Monumentum

    Fresco of procession of grades at Santa Prisca

    Procession of figures dressed in different ways with inscriptions calling them by the seven grades of the Mithraic initiation cult.

    TNMM115 – CIMRM 480

    Nama [patribus] / ab oriente / ad occiden[tem] / tutela Saturni; Nama H[eliodro]mis / tut[la]a S[ol]is; Nama Persis / tutela Lunae; Nama l[e]on[i-]b[us] / tutela Iovis; Nama militibus / tutela Mart[is…
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    Mithraeum

    Mitreo de Cabra

    The Mithraeum of Cabra is located in the Villa del Mitra, which owes its name to the discovery in 1951 of a Mithras tauroctonus in the remains of the Roman villa.

    TNMM76

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    Monumentum

    Plaque of Astorga

    This slab dedicated to the invincible god, Serapis and Isis by Claudius Zenobius was found in 1967 in the walls of the city of Astorga, Spain.

    TNMM734

    Invicto Deo / Serapidi et / Isidi / Cl(audius) Zenobius / Proc(urator) Aug(usti).