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The New Mithraeum Database

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Tauroctony from Santa Maria Capua Vetere

The main fresco of the Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere portrays Mithras slaughtering a white bull.

 
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Mithräum von Künzing

The Mithraeum of Kunzing was an underground building, oriented east-west. The entrance was probably on the east.

 
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Mithréum de Bourg-Saint-Andéol

The Mithréum de Bourg-Saint-Andéol was built against a rock where the main Tauroctony was chiseled.

 
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Mercury of Mérida

The statue of Mercury in Merida bears a dedication from the Roman Pater of a community in the city in 155.

 
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Tauroctony on display in Princeton

This sculpture of Mithras killing the bull may come from Rome, probably found in 1919.

 
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Tauroctony exhibited at the Cincinnati Art Museum

In the tauroctonic relief on display at the Cincinnati Art Museum, Mithras slaughters the bull over a rocky background.

 
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Relief of Aion on globe

The lion-headed god is standing on a globe encicled by two crossed bands on which five pearls.

 
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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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Mithras petrogenitus from Villa Giustiniani

Mithras rock-born from Villa Giustiniani was holding a bunch of grapes in its raised right hand instead of a torch, probably due to a restoration.

 
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Mitreo di Santo Stefano Rotondo

The Mitreo dei Castra Peregrinorum was discovered under the church of Santo Stefano Rotondo in Rome.

 
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Mosaic of the Mitreo di Felicissimo

The Felicissimo Mithraeum has a floor mosaic depicting the seven mithraic grades.

 
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Tauroctony relief of Carnuntum

This relief found at Carnuntum represents Mithras slaughtering the bull, without the scorpion, in the sacred cave.

 
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Tauroctony from Aquileia

The relief of the Mithraic tauroctony of Aquiliea is currently on display in Vienna.

 
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Inscription of Lucius Sempronius

Slab marble indicates that Lucius Sempronius has donated a throne to the Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte.

 
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Basin with inscription from Mitreo della Planta Pedis

The dedicator of this marble basin could be the same person who offered the sculpture of Mithras slaying the bull in the Mitreo delle Terme di Mitra.

 
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Mithräum von Kempraten

The Kempraten Mithraeum was unexpectedly discovered during the 2015 excavations near the vicus.

 
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Cilindric arula from Cabrera de Mar

Two slaves sign this small monument to Cautes.

 
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Marble slab with inscription from Mitreo Barberini

The inscription mentions the name of the donor, Yperanthes, of Persian origin.

 
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Isis de Mérida

The Isis of Merida is covered by a long dress that reaches down to her feet.

 
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Cautopates from Casa del Mitreo of Mérida

The sculpture of the solar god is signed by its author, Demetrios.

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