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The New Mithraeum Database

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Tauroctony relief upper corner from Intercisa

Marble relief fragment from Intercisa, Pannonia Inferior, too damaged for the original subject to be identified.

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Tauroctony relief corner from Budapest

Right upper corner of a white marble tauroctony relief from Budapest, ancient Aquincum or its vicinity, in the National Museum since 1868, preserving part of the grotto border and divine busts.

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Tauroctony relief fragment from Aquincum

Fragment of a relief from Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior, walled into a house at Majláth-Utcai 51, preserving the lower left corner of a tauroctony with the bull's hind-leg, Mithras's leg, and the scorpion.

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Head in Phrygian cap from Aquincum

Small head in Phrygian cap from Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior, possibly representing a torchbearer or Attis.

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Tauroctony relief with cypress trees from Aquincum

Marble tauroctony relief from Aquincum or possibly Budaörs, Pannonia Inferior, depicting the bull-slaying scene with cypress trees between the torchbearers and the central group.

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Tauroctony relief from Aquincum

Marble tauroctony relief from Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior, found at Budapest III, Fötér, depicting Mithras as bull-slayer with both torchbearers flanking the central group.

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Minor finds from Mithraeum IV, Aquincum

Minor finds from Mithraeum IV at Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior, comprising a stamped terra-sigillata bowl (CINNAMI), serpent-vase fragments, pine-apples, altars, balls, and lamps.

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Mithraeum IV at Aquincum

Fourth Mithraic sanctuary discovered near the southern town-wall of Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior, between a rectangular building and an apsidal structure; excavated in 1941–42 and yielding the most complete sculptural assemblage from the city.

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Lion with ox head from Mithraeum III, Aquincum

Sandstone statue from near Mithraeum III at Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior, depicting a lion to the right with an open frontal mouth, holding an ox head between its forefeet with a red-painted tongue.

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Mithraeum III at Aquincum

Third Mithraic sanctuary at Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior, between the Amphitheatre and the Krempelmühle, attested by five altars and a decorated mosaic; the building itself is not fully known.

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Mithraeum II at Aquincum

Second Mithraic sanctuary discovered at Altofen in 1888, Pannonia Inferior; rectangular (15.03 × 7.06 m) and raised two metres above ground, with benches and a cult niche; one of the most fully excavated Mithraea from the Danubian region.

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Note on possible Mithraeum I attribution

Observation that two altars dedicated by Caius Iulius Primus to Sol deo sacrum at Aquincum may belong either to Mithraeum I or to Mithraeum III.

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Tauroctony in laurel wreath from Brigetio

Fragment of a relief from Brigetio, Pannonia Superior, preserving the central tauroctony scene surrounded by a laurel wreath.

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Cautes and Cautopates pair from Brigetio

Two marble reliefs of the same height from Brigetio, Pannonia Superior, each depicting a cross-legged torchbearer in Oriental dress — Cautes and Cautopates — holding their torches.

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Cautopates statue from Mithraeum III, Carnuntum

Two sandstone fragments from Mithraeum III at Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, comprising a base with one leg and a downward torch, and a Phrygian-capped head of Cautopates; probably stood at the beginning of the benches alongside the Cautes statue.

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Minor finds from Mithraeum I, Carnuntum

Minor finds from Mithraeum I at Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, comprising legionary brick stamps, burnt coal and wood, ash with ox, sheep, and goat bones, and fragments of serpent-vases; the coin evidence points to a terminus ante quem in the early third century…

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Tauroctony relief with raven on cloak from Stix-Neusiedl

White marble tauroctony relief from Stix-Neusiedl, Pannonia Superior, depicting Mithras killing the bull with the raven perched on the rim of the god's flying cloak — an unusual detail placing the raven on the cloak rather than on the grotto border…

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Mithraeum IV at Ptuj

Fourth Mithraic sanctuary discovered at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, at Zgornji Breg in 1937; the sanctuary (c.14 × 7 m) is oriented west–east with the standard corridor and bench division, an altar before the cult niche, and a water-basin in the pronaos.

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Stele with silver plaque housing from Mithraeum III, Ptuj

Marble stele from Mithraeum III at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, tapering towards the top and bearing a square hollow with five nail-holes designed to hold a small silver plaque — the plaque was removed, perhaps taken by the Mithraists themselves.

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Tiny Phrygian-capped head from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Very small marble head in Phrygian cap from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio.

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