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The New Mithraeum Database

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Statuette from Emir Ghasi

Rough-hewn statuette found at Emir Ghasi in Lycaonia, once thought to represent a Mithraic soldier; according to Cumont, a modern forgery.

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Tauroctony relief from Dionysopolis

Sandstone tauroctony relief from Balcic, ancient Dionysopolis in Moesia Inferior, depicting the standard bull-slaying scene; the attribution to Dionysopolis rather than another site is disputed.

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Tauroctony relief from Oarda de Sus

Small relief found in 1956 at Oarda de Sus near Alba Julia, Dacia, framed by a border; the upper part depicts the dressed bust of Mithras in Phrygian cap, the lower portion the bull-slaying scene.

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Tauroctony relief from Nagy-Kovácsi

Limestone tauroctony relief found in a grotto at Nagy-Kovácsi, Pannonia Inferior, depicting the standard bull-slaying with flanking torchbearers and divine busts in the upper register.

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Mithraic monuments from Angleur

Group of Mithraic monuments preserved in the museums of Liège.

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Torchbearer mould fragment from Lezoux

Fragmentary ceramic mould preserving the lower part of a cross-legged Mithraic torchbearer.

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Tauroctony mould from Lezoux

Terracotta matrix used to produce vessels decorated with the bull-killing scene of Mithras.

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Tauroctony statue fragment from Sentinum

A marble statue fragment found at Sentinum (modern Sassoferrato) in ancient Umbria, walled in the atrium of the Palazzo Raccamadoro-Ramelli, showing Mithras tauroctone with dog, serpent and scorpion, one foot pointing towards a torchbearer; the bull's head, tail and Mithras'…

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Earthen lamp and coins from the Spoleto Mithraeum

An earthen lamp bearing the name of C. Dessi along with two coins of Constantine and one of Gratianus, found in the Mithraeum at Spoleto in Umbria.

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Bone statuette of a youth from the Spoleto Mithraeum

A small bone statuette from the Mithraeum at Spoleto, depicting a youth dressed in tunic and long cloak with a laurel wreath around the head.

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Painted planetary figures on the benches of the Spoleto Mithraeum

Two surviving wall paintings from the side-benches of the Mithraeum at Spoleto, out of an original six, depicting a cloaked bearded man identified as Saturn holding a sickle and a youth in a red shoulder-cape holding a money-bag, probably representing the seven planets…

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Cone-shaped stone from the Spoleto Mithraeum

A cone-shaped piece of stone with a square hole found to the left of the altar in the Mithraeum at Spoleto, unlikely to have supported a representation of Mithras's rock-birth despite earlier suggestions, given that the stone tapers slightly.

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Mithras head and tauroctony fragment from the Terni area

Two Mithraic monuments received by the Museo Nazionale delle Terme in Rome in 1896, reportedly from Narni: a small head of Mithras tauroctone in Phrygian cap with traces of red and gilding, and a central relief fragment of Mithras slaying the bull.

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Tauroctony relief fragment probably from Narni

A marble tauroctony relief fragment probably from Narni (ancient Narnia) in Umbria, now in the Museo Nazionale delle Terme in Rome, preserving Mithras in Eastern dress as a bullkiller with dog and Cautopates standing cross-legged before the bull; the exact find-spot is uncertain…

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Cippus of Myron the slave, dedicated for Prunicianus, from Arezzo

A small marble cippus found in an old wall near the church of San Niccolò in Arezzo (ancient Arretium), bearing a dedication by Myron, a slave, to the Invincible Holy and Safe god for the welfare of his master Prunicianus.

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Tauroctony relief from Soriano nel Cimino

A white marble tauroctony relief found near a Roman villa on the northern slope of Mount Ciminus near Soriano nel Cimino in Etruria, showing Mithras slaying the bull with dog, serpent and scorpion, the bull's tail ending in three ears of grain, the god's resting leg abnormally small…

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Inscription of L. Avillius Rufinus from near Vicus Matrini

A brief dedicatory inscription carved in the lower corner of the tauroctony relief from near Vicus Matrini on the Via Cassia in Etruria, recording L. Avillius Rufinus as dedicant.

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Tauroctony relief from Sutri

A marble tauroctony relief, broken in two pieces, found at Sutri in Etruria in 1896 and now in the Museo Nazionale delle Terme in Rome, with raven, dog, serpent and scorpion present, the upper part with the heads of Sol and Mithras broken off and Luna's bust alone preserved…

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Lost Sol statue from Nersae

A Sol statue headless and lacking arms and feet, mentioned by Martelli as existing at Nersae alongside a fragmentary inscription, with no further details obtainable by Vermaseren or Cumont.

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Possible Aion statue from the Via Cassia near Rome

A statue found along the Via Cassia about six kilometres from Rome, tentatively identified as an Aion entwined by a serpent but possibly representing Atargatis according to Vermaseren, now in the Museo Nazionale delle Terme.

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