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The New Mithraeum Database

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Lion fragments from Mithraeum I, Stockstadt

Two grey sandstone fragments of a lion statue on a base from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt, with part of the tail missing

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Mithras carrying the bull from Stockstadt

Grey sandstone relief from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt showing Mithras in Oriental dress walking to the right while carrying a bull on his shoulders

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Mithraeum in the Curia building at Cosa

Second-century Mithraeum discovered in the lower storey of the Curia complex at Cosa.

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Bull's tail and cloak fragment from Sarmizegetusa

Greyish marble fragment from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the bull's tail and part of Mithras's flying cloak.

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Mithras torso from Sarmizegetusa

Two greyish marble fragments from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the torso of Mithras in tunic and cloak killing the bull with his right hand.

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Tauroctony with Mithras's head from Sarmizegetusa

Three greyish marble tauroctony fragments from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the head of Mithras and the bull and parts of the subsidiary scenes.

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Tauroctony lower right corner from Sarmizegetusa

Right lower corner of a greyish marble tauroctony from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the bull's knees and dewlap, the dog, part of the serpent, and the lower part of Cautes.

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Bull in boat fragment from Sarmizegetusa

Fragment of greyish marble from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving a bull in a small boat — a rare iconographic detail in Mithraic art.

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Three-register tauroctony from Sarmizegetusa

Ten fragments of a greyish marble tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, divided into three horizontal registers.

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Bronze votive tablet from Mainz

Tabella aenea ansata from Mainz, ancient Mogontiacum, dedicated to Deo invicto Mithrae by Catia, lost during the Second World War

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Mithraism As Proud Boy Prototype: Underground Clubs of the Syndexioi and Pueri Superbi

Tracing the links between the cult of Mithras and the Proud Boys’ quest for identity, power, and belonging. How ancient rituals and brotherhood ideals resurface in radical modern movements.

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Bronze torchbearer from the Cabinet des Médailles

Small bronze torchbearer statuette in Oriental dress from the Cabinet des Médailles, with restored feet and a missing torch-bearing arm.

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Bronze torchbearer from the Cabinet des Médailles

Bronze torchbearer statuette in a short tunic from the Cabinet des Médailles, holding an upraised torch.

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Bronze torchbearers from the Cabinet des Médailles

Pair of bronze torchbearer statuettes in Oriental dress from the Cabinet des Médailles, originally belonging to the same sculptural group.

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Chalcedony tauroctony gem from Paris

Fragment of yellowish chalcedony in the Cabinet des Médailles, Paris, formerly in the Millingen collection, depicting the standard tauroctony.

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Rock-crystal tauroctony gem from Paris

Rock-crystal gem in the Cabinet des Médailles, Paris, depicting Mithras as bull-slayer with the standard iconographic programme.

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Stone vases and ritual vessels from Saarburg Mithraeum

A collection of ritual vessels from the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica, including a stone vase, a plate with a lion's head in relief, a terra-sigillata plate with a hunting scene, and an urn filled with ash, bird bones, and rings…

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Mithraic relief from Rome

Mithraic relief from Rome reproduced in figure 169 of the corpus.

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Wall-painting of Mithras tauroktonos in the house of the Nummi Albani, Rome

Wall-painting of Mithras tauroktonos in fresco, discovered in 1886 in an underground room of the house of the Nummi Albani on the Quirinal (Via Firenze); the god wears a red cap and tunic, the torchbearers wear yellow or orange tunic and cap with green or brown anaxyrides…

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Tauroctony from the Cortile del Belvedere

The Tauroctony relief of Mithras killing the bull walled in the Cortile of the Belvedered, Vatican City, was found by Fagan near Ostia.

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