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The New Mithraeum Database

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Mitreo dels Munts

A possible Mithraic sanctuary attached to the luxurious Roman villa of Els Munts, near ancient Tarraco, whose interpretation remains disputed.

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Bronze fountain mouth and spout fragments from Angleur

A bronze fountain mouth and a square spout, together with other fragments of round spouts, from the Mithraic sanctuary at Angleur near Liège in Belgica.

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Bronze lioness head fragments from Angleur

Two fragments of a bronze statuette of a lioness, with the head preserved but the mouth lost, from the Mithraic sanctuary at Angleur near Liège in Belgica.

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Bronze lion statuette with perforated mouth from Angleur

A bronze statuette of a lion with an open mouth, in which a hole connects to another hole in the stomach, suggesting use as a fountain or conduit, from the Mithraic sanctuary at Angleur near Liège in Belgica.

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Bronze Apollo statuette from Angleur

A bronze statuette of a standing naked youth wearing a necklace and with outstretched hands, the thumb of the right hand touching the index finger, with a hole in the back for fastening, possibly representing Apollo, from the Mithraic sanctuary at Angleur near Liège in Belgica…

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Bronze statuettes of Seasons from Angleur

Two bronze statuettes of youthful women in flying cloaks with outstretched hands holding an object, possibly representing the Seasons, from the Mithraic sanctuary at Angleur near Liège in Belgica.

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Bronze finds from Mithraic sanctuary at Angleur

A group of bronze objects found in 1883 in a pit dug into the clay at Angleur near Liège in Belgica, proved by Cumont to have belonged to the decoration of a Mithras sanctuary, now in the Museum at Liège.

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Granite marble solar disc from Les Bolards

A large red and white granite marble disc surrounded by rays, possibly representing the sun, found at the building south-west of the Mithraeum at Les Bolards (ancient Venetonimagus) in Lugdunensis.

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Inscribed slab fragments from Les Bolards

Fragments of a slab bearing an inscription mentioning Sol Aeternus and cohors II, found at the Mithraeum of Les Bolards (ancient Venetonimagus) in Lugdunensis.

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Fragment of Cautopates statuette from Les Bolards

Fragmentary remains of a statuette of Cautopates in a short tunic, including a thigh, knee, and hand holding the end of a torch, found near the entrance of the Mithraeum at Les Bolards (ancient Venetonimagus) in Lugdunensis.

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Mithraic relief from Rome

Mithraic relief from Rome reproduced in figure 169 of the corpus.

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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 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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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 from Capri

It is not certain that the marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was found on Capri, in the cave of Matromania, where a Mithraeum could have been established.

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Mithras rock-born of Dobrosloveni

This sculpture from Dobrosloveni, Romania, depicts the petrogenesis of Mithras, with a hole through the generative rock from which water flowed.

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Parthian dipinto from Dura-Europos

Painted Parthian inscription on a ceramic sherd possibly referring to Mithras as a bull-slayer.

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