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The New Mithraeum Database

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Thigh and grape-cluster fragment from Königshoffen

Stone fragment from the Mithraeum at Königshoffen preserving a human thigh against which a hand holds a bunch of grapes; probably part of a larger sculptural group.

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Tauroctony relief fragment from Mackwiller

Lower-central fragment of the large cult relief from the Mithraeum at Mackwiller, preserving the forefeet of the dog, part of a serpent, and a cult vessel; the base bears a partially legible inscription mentioning an eques Romanus.

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Double-sided relief from Beihingen

Sandstone plate from Beihingen in the Neckar valley, depicting on one side a youth in Oriental dress with a bow in an arched niche, and on the other a corresponding figure; both may represent torchbearers or Mithraic grades.

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Lion statue of Tertius from Brumath

Sandstone lion from Brumath, ancient Brocomagus, with a votive inscription on its base recording a dedication by Tertius; a common Mithraic cult animal.

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Tauroctony relief from Fellbach

Large grey sandstone tauroctony relief from Fellbach near Cannstatt, depicting the bull-slaying in a vaulted grotto with torchbearers, Sol, Luna, and subsidiary Mithraic scenes along the border.

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Twin bust reliefs from Cannstatt

Two rectangular sandstone reliefs from Zasenhausen near Cannstatt, ancient Clarenna, each depicting a male bust with astral symbols on the forehead, arranged in opposing directions.

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Torchbearer head from Cannstatt

Small sandstone head in Phrygian cap from Cannstatt, ancient Clarenna, probably belonging to a statue of Cautes or Cautopates.

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Aion statue from Wahlheim

Sandstone statue from Wahlheim, Germania Superior, depicting a naked torso encircled by two serpents holding their heads towards the figure's face — the characteristic iconography of the leontocephaline Aion.

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Head in Phrygian cap from Rothselberg

Stone head in a Phrygian cap found near Rothselberg in 1894, preserved in the Historisches Museum der Pfalz at Speyer, looking upwards

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Miscellaneous fragments from Dieburg

Various altar and base fragments, two sandstone balls, and two millstone fragments from the Mithraeum at Dieburg

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Fragmentary Mithras dedication from Dieburg

Small fragmentary inscription from the Mithraeum at Dieburg preserving only the abbreviated dedication D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae)

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Head in Phrygian cap from Dieburg

Small red sandstone fragment from the Mithraeum at Dieburg preserving a head in a Phrygian cap

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Mithras carrying the bull from Dieburg

Red sandstone relief from the Mithraeum at Dieburg showing Mithras in Oriental dress carrying the bull on his shoulders

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Minor finds from Gross-Krotzenburg

Small finds from the Gross-Krotzenburg Mithraeum including a Phrygian-capped head, a pinecone fragment, coins of Trajan and Hadrian, and column fragments

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Bull fragment from Butzbach

Basalt fragment preserving the skin and hoof of a bull probably belonging to a tauroctony scene.

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Bronze appliqué statuette of Cautes from Bingerbrück

Small bronze figure of the torchbearer Cautes fitted with attachment rivets.

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Flame-shaped cult object from Bonna

Unusual sculptural representation of stylised flames mounted on a pedestal.

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Torchbearer statuette from Bonna

Fragmentary limestone statuette of a cross-legged torchbearer originally attached to a tauroctony relief.

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Mithraic monuments from Lepcis Magna

Group of monuments from Lepcis Magna published among the principal Mithraic remains of Roman Tripolitania.

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Sol Invictus inscription from Caesarea

White marble plate inscription dedicated to Soli Invicto pro salute, from Caesarea of Mauretania (modern Cherchel).

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