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The New Mithraeum Database

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Tauroctony relief with torchbearers from Settignano, near Florence

A rectangular marble tauroctony relief found in Etruria, once in the Villa Martin at Settignano near Florence, showing Mithras slaying the bull with Cautes and Cautopates in Eastern attire cross-legged on either side and the busts of Sol and Luna in the upper corners;…

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Tauroctony statue fragment from Rusellae

A white marble statue fragment from Rusellae in Etruria, now in the Museum of Grosseto, preserving the upper body of Mithras tauroctone with the head and neck of a different marble; both legs, the left arm and the right arm from the elbow are lost.

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Marble cippus inscribed to Sol Invictus Mithras and Cautopates, Rome

A marble cippus from Rome bearing two inscriptions: the upper dedicated to Deus Sol Invictus Mithras and Cautopates, the lower by Flavius and companions.

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Possible torchbearer torso in Luna marble, Rome

A badly damaged marble torso from Rome, carved from Luna marble, possibly representing a Mithraic torchbearer dressed in tunic, long cloak and anaxyrides.

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Two tauroctony statues from near Porta Maggiore, Rome

Two tauroctony statues formerly at the Villa del Grande near the Porta Maggiore in Rome, both lacking the upper part of Mithras and the bull's head.

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Tauroctony relief with raven holding fruit from Villa Ludovisi, Rome

A bluish marble tauroctony relief once in the Villa Ludovisi in Rome, showing Mithras slaying the bull with the raven perched on his cloak holding a heart-shaped fruit, the bull's tail ending in ears of grain, and the dressed busts of Sol and Luna in the upper corners…

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Unfinished statue of Mithras from the rock, Rome

A stone statue probably found in Rome, depicting a naked Mithras emerging from the rock with his index finger raised to his lips and his right arm broken off, described by Cumont as an unfinished work never completed.

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Lost Mithras relief from the Villa Borghese, Rome

A lost Mithraic relief formerly at the Villa Borghese in Rome, known only through a brief mention in early modern antiquarian literature and no longer traceable.

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Red ware dish fragment with tauroctony from Rome

Fragment of a red ware dish from Rome, now in the Akademisches Kunstmuseum at Bonn, with a representation of Mithras as a bull-killer sitting astride the bull with a flying cloak.

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Marble base of L. Arrius Rufinus from Rome

Marble base found in the church of S. Thomas on the Monte Caelio in Rome, with a brief dedication to Sol Invictus by L. Arrius Rufinus.

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Head of Mithras in Phrygian cap from Rome

Head in fine-grained marble in the Vatican Musea Magazzini, showing a curly-haired figure in a Phrygian cap turned to the left with a grievous expression, probably representing Mithras.

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Inscription in a marble aedicula dedicated to the Invictus from Rome

Fragment of a marble aedicula with an inscription by a priest dedicating a shrine with columns to the Invictus numen of Mithras, from Rome.

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Aion statue on a crescent-decorated cone from Rome

White marble statue of the lion-headed Aion standing on a cone decorated with a crescent, entwined in seven coils of a serpent and pressing claw-like hands against his body, each grasping a key; formerly in the Museo Torlonia, Rome.

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Tauroctony relief with ant at the testicles from Rome

Tauroctony relief in the Museo Torlonia, Rome, remarkable for having a large ant grasping the testicles in place of the scorpion, with the raven on Mithras' flying cloak, the dog and serpent near the wound, and the busts of Sol and Luna in the upper corners; no torchbearers represented…

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Marble relief of Mithras tauroktonos from Villa Wolkonsky, Rome

Marble relief from the Villa Wolkonsky showing Mithras slaying the bull, with the serpent creeping over the ground.

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Marble cippus CIL VI 723 dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras by M. Aurelius Euprepes, Rome

Marble cippus from the Villa Giustiniani near Porta Flaminia with a dedication to Sol Invictus Mithras by M. Aurelius Euprepes, erected after a vision through the presidents Bictorinus pater and Ianuarius, dated to 184 A.D.

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Marble base CIL VI 507 dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras by G. Magius Donatus Severianus, Rome

Marble base with a dedication by G. Magius Donatus Severianus, vir clarissimus and pater sacrorum of Invictus Mithras, hierophant of Liber Pater and of the Hecatae, commemorating his taurobolium on 15 April 313 A.D.

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Marble slab dedication to Sol Invictus Mithre, S. Prisca Mithraeum, Rome

Marble slab from the S. Prisca Mithraeum with a dedication to Sol Invictus Mithre thanking his divine will for repeatedly answering prayers and enjoining the fulfilment of vows.

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Leaden plate with Sol and a Sol-Mithras head in intarsio, S. Prisca Mithraeum, Rome

Strongly oxidised leaden plate from the S. Prisca Mithraeum showing Sol with seven rays about his curly head, together with another head of Sol-Mithras in intarsio found in 1954.

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Marble base of two stacked vases supporting a statue, S. Prisca Mithraeum, Rome

Marble base from the S. Prisca Mithraeum composed of two vases stacked on top of each other, which probably supported a statue.

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