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The New Mithraeum Database

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Torchbearer relief fragment from near Nomento, Via Nomentana

A white marble relief fragment found with its companion piece near Nomento on the Via Nomentana, showing only the lower body of a cross-legged torchbearer in a short tunic, now in the storerooms of the Museo Nazionale in Rome.

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Tauroctony relief fragment from near Nomento, Via Nomentana

A white marble tauroctony relief fragment found at the hill known as Carnale near Nomento on the Via Nomentana, about twenty kilometres from Rome, now in the storerooms of the Museo Nazionale in Rome, dated to the third century AD.

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Cautopates torchbearer relief from Rome

A marble relief depicting Cautopates as a standing cross-legged torchbearer in Eastern attire with his burning torch pointing downwards, found in Rome near the Via Appia and now in the Museo Nazionale delle Terme, the head and much of the torch lost.

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Cautes torchbearer relief from Rome

A marble relief depicting Cautes as a standing cross-legged torchbearer in a short tunic and Phrygian cap with torch upraised and left hand lost, found in Rome near the Via Appia and now in the Museo Nazionale delle Terme.

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Tauroctony statue with torchbearers from Lorium on the Via Aurelia

A white marble tauroctony statue found in 1925 at the ancient site of Lorium near the eleventh milestone on the Via Aurelia outside Rome, showing Mithras slaying the bull with dog, serpent and scorpion, accompanied by Cautes and Cautopates; now in the Palazzo Doria…

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Lost Mithras relief possibly from Rome, formerly in Braunsberg

A lost Mithraic relief acquired near Rome and formerly held by the Lyceum Hosianum of Braunsberg in East Prussia, known only through a 1910 communication to Cumont; possibly identical with the relief from Macerata.

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Tauroctony group with torchbearers in one piece, Rome

A small tauroctony group once in the collection of the sculptor Antonio d'Este in Rome, depicting Mithras as a bullkiller with the two torchbearers, the entire composition carved from a single piece of stone.

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Tauroctony relief fragment from the Villa Ludovisi, Rome

A white marble tauroctony relief fragment, in the seventeenth century at the Palazzo Caesiani near the Vatican and later in the Villa Ludovisi in Rome, showing Mithras slaying the bull with dog, serpent and raven, with a cross-legged torchbearer on a base; now lost…

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Tauroctony marble group with bull's tail ending in three ears, Rome

A white marble tauroctony group in the round found near the Forum in Rome in 1919, showing Mithras slaying the bull with dog, serpent and scorpion, the bull's tail ending in three ears of grain; possibly identical with No. 605.

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Decorated marble base with Mithraic scenes from Rome

Marble base formerly in the Villa Negroni and then the Museo Borgia at Velletri, with bas-reliefs on three sides showing Sol in a quadriga, initiates in Oriental dress and other Mithraic scenes; the collection is now dispersed among museums in Naples and Rome…

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Tauroctony relief with Mithras grasping the bull's horns from Rome

Tauroctony relief formerly in the house of the Alterii near S. Marco in Rome, now of unknown whereabouts, described by Gruterus as showing Mithras pressing both knees onto the bull and grasping its horns with the knife in the shoulder, with scorpion, serpent, raven, Sol and Luna…

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Tauroctony statue from Rome, now in Berlin

Marble statue of Mithras slaying the bull, with the dog and serpent directing their heads to the wound and the scorpion at the testicles, probably found in Rome and now in the Altes Museum at Berlin; Mithras' head, front part of his arms and cloak, and the bull's muzzle are lost…

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Cautopates statue from Rome, now in Berlin

White marble statue of Cautopates in Eastern attire, cross-legged, pointing his torch downwards with both hands, probably found in Rome and now in the Altes Museum at Berlin; the head and front part of the left arm are restored.

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Bronze Aion figure with lion head from Rome

Small bronze figure from Rome, probably used as a handle for a patera or knife, depicting the lion-headed Aion with four large wings, entwined in three coils of a serpent, holding a torch in his right hand and a key in his left.

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Arula of L. Spedius Quadratus from Rome

Small marble altar from the house of the guardian of the Cancelleria in Rome, with a dedication of an altar to Sol by L. Spedius Quadratus.

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Arula of C. Iulius Helius the blacksmith from Rome

Small marble altar from the house of the guardian of the Cancelleria in Rome, dedicated to Sol Sacrum in fulfilment of a vow by C. Iulius Helius, a blacksmith, decorated with a urceus on the left and a patera on the right.

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Base of M. Aurelius Victor dedicated to Sol from Rome

Marble base in poor lettering found in the church of S. Maria de Cacabariis in Rome, recording the dedication by M. Aurelius Victor, vir clarissimus and prefect of the Feriae Latinae, to his patron Iovinus Callidianus, priest of Sol.

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Marble base of P. Pomponius Clitus from Rome

Small marble base with a votive dedication to Sol Invictus by P. Pomponius Clitus, from Rome.

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Marble arula of Q. Codius Philo from Rome

Small square marble altar found in the house of Volterra on the Monte Pincio in Rome, with a dedication to Sol Invictus in fulfilment of a vow by Q. Codius Philo.

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Marble tablet of Brumasius from Rome

Marble tablet with a dedication by Brumasius to the holy table of Sol Mithras, set up in the presence of the pater with all the initiates.

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