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The New Mithraeum Database

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Altar to Sol Invictus Mithras from Rome

Marble altar dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras, found in Rome (in aedibus Maffaeiorum), set up in 183 A.D. by M. Ulpius Maximus, praepositus tabellariorum, together with its ornaments and Mithraic insignia, in fulfilment of a vow.

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Altar dedicated to Cautes from Caldas de Reyes

An altar found in 1889 at Caldas de Reyes (ancient Iria Flavia) in Galicia, bearing a fragmentary dedication to Cautes, possibly by a person named Antonius.

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Two fragments of greyish marble with imperial tribune inscription, Palazzo dei Musei Mithraeum, Rome

Two fragments of greyish marble from the Palazzo dei Musei Mithraeum with a partially legible inscription referring to the pontifex maximus and tribunicia potestas for the twentieth time, attributed to Trajan or Hadrian.

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Marble tabella fragment with dedication to the Invictus from S. Lorenzo in Damaso, Rome

Fragment of a marble tabella with an inscription beginning "invicto", from the Mithraeum of S. Lorenzo in Damaso, Rome.

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Animal bones from ritual deposits at Saarburg Mithraeum

Numerous animal bones including birds, beasts of prey, and the muzzle of a wild boar, found as ritual deposits in the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica.

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Second plate of Caius Celsinius Matutinus from Königshoffen

Grey sandstone slab from the Mithraeum at Königshoffen, a companion piece to the preceding, recording the same act of repainting a cult image by Caius Celsinius Matutinus, veteran of Legio VIII Augusta Alexandriana.

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Tauroctony relief from Königshoffen

Grey sandstone tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Königshoffen, heavily restored, depicting Mithras killing the bull with Cautes and Cautopates and the busts of Sol and Luna; only the lower part of Cautopates and the crossed legs are original.

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Hand with globe from Königshoffen

Grey sandstone hand holding a globe from the Mithraeum at Königshoffen, with a lead bar indicating attachment to a larger statue; a second globe with a partial hand was found at the same spot.

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Tauroctony relief from Fellbach

Large grey sandstone tauroctony relief from Fellbach near Cannstatt, depicting the bull-slaying in a vaulted grotto with torchbearers, Sol, Luna, and subsidiary Mithraic scenes along the border.

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Tauroctony fragment from Rockenhausen

Grey limestone relief fragment from Rockenhausen found at the Pfingstborn spring, preserving part of the bull-slaying scene

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Marble slab fragment with leaping ox from Rome

Fragment of a grey marble slab formerly in the Palazzo Caponii and now in the Vatican Musea, Galleria Lapidaria, with an inscription on two arched borders and a leaping ox in the blank space.

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Rosette altar from Mithraeum I, Stockstadt

Grey sandstone altar from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt decorated with a triangle between two rosettes, the votive inscription now illegible

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Altar with eagle and cornucopia from Stockstadt

Grey sandstone altar from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt decorated with a cornucopia on the left side and an eagle on a thunderbolt on the right

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Large raven fragments from Stockstadt

Two grey sandstone fragments of a large raven from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt, considerably bigger than the smaller raven statuette

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