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The New Mithraeum Database

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Pottery fragment with lion and bull's head from Trier

A small pottery fragment of uncertain find-spot, probably from Augusta Treverorum (modern Trier) in Belgica, showing a lion walking to the right before a bull's head, with palm-like foliage, tentatively interpreted as Mithraic by Loeschcke but considered too doubtful by Vermaseren…

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Fragment of Cautopates statuette from Les Bolards

Fragmentary remains of a statuette of Cautopates in a short tunic, including a thigh, knee, and hand holding the end of a torch, found near the entrance of the Mithraeum at Les Bolards (ancient Venetonimagus) in Lugdunensis.

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Altar with Sol bust from the Housesteads Mithraeum

An altar found in the north-east corner of the main room of the Mithraeum at Borcovicium (modern Housesteads) in 1822, bearing on its capital the bust of Sol in a crown of seven rays and the inscription No. 859.

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Limestone tauroctony relief from the Housesteads Mithraeum

A large limestone tauroctony relief in several fragments from the Mithraeum at Borcovicium (modern Housesteads), the vaulted main fragment showing Mithras slaying the bull with Cautes raising his torch beside the bull's foreleg, a crescent of Luna in the upper corner…

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Ritual vessels and iron objects from the Carrawburgh Mithraeum

Ritual vessels and iron objects from the Mithraeum at Procolitia (modern Carrawburgh), including containers for votive offerings, cups, cooking-pots, platters, mortaria and jars, and iron implements comprising an altar-shovel, thatch-hook, mounting and candlestick…

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Marble statue of Bonus Eventus from the Walbrook Mithraeum, London

A white marble statue from the Mithraeum at Walbrook in London, depicting Bonus Eventus standing in a long hanging cloak, leaning on a ship's stem, holding a cornucopia against his shoulder and a patera above a burning altar from the back of which a…

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Marble statue of a standing deity (Poseidon?) from Mérida

A marble statue from Augusta Emerita (modern Mérida), depicting a standing dressed male person whose right leg leans against a tree-trunk and whose raised right arm once held a lance or trident, tentatively identified as Poseidon.

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Tauroctony from Sarrebourg

The Tauroctony of Saarbourg (Sarrebourg, ancient Pons Sarravi), France, contains most of Mithras deeds known in a single relief.

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Tauroctony from Santiponce

This unfinished Mithras tauroctonos without the usual surrounding animals was found in 1923 in Italica, near Seville, Spain.

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Mithraic texts from Santa Prisca

Preliminary readings of the painted Mithraic texts later revised after additional research and restoration.

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Tauroctony from Santa Prisca

Even if only a few fragments remain, it is very likely that the main niche of the Mitreo di Santa Prisca contained the usual representation of Mithras killing the bull.

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Cippus à Zeus Helios great Serapis

This small cippus to Zeus, Helios and Serapis includes Mithras as one of the main gods, although some authors argue that it could be the name of the donor.

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Tauroctony from the Collezione Torlonia

This remarkable Greek marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was discovered in 1705 and remained in private collections until it was bought by the Louvre.

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Painted tauroctony from Rome

This unusual mural depicting Mithras killing the bull was found near the Colosseum in 1668.

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Mithraeum of Carrawburgh

The temple of Mithras of Carrawburgh, Brocolita, disclosed three main stages of development, the second exhibiting two reconstructions.

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Tauroctony relief from Veles

White marble tauroctony relief from Veles, ancient Bylazora in Macedonia; the merchant reported that other fragments of the same monument were walled into a fountain in Veles.

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Altar to Fonte dei from Ulmetum

Limestone altar fragment from the apsidal construction at Ulmetum, Moesia Inferior, bearing a partially preserved inscription mentioning fonte dei — the spring of the god; the Mithraic attribution is uncertain.

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Primitive tauroctony relief from Micia

Primitive marble tauroctony relief from the Museum at Cluj, Dacia, attributed to Micia but with uncertain provenance; a rough representation of Mithras killing the bull without Phrygian cap.

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Tauroctony fragments from Bihać

Two limestone relief fragments from Bihać, Dalmatia, found near Kástel Stasi and the Croate Church of Saint Martha, preserving portions of a Mithraic bull-slaying scene.

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Mithraeum at Konjic

Mithraic sanctuary found in 1897 on the slope of the Repovic mountains on the right bank of the river Trstenic near Konjic in Herzegovina, Dalmatia; a limestone sanctuary with cult relief, altar, and architectural elements.

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