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Cautopates stele from Mithraeum I, Stockstadt

Red sandstone stele from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt depicting Cautopates in Oriental dress, cross-legged, holding a downward torch

 
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Great tauroctony from Stockstadt

Large red sandstone tauroctony relief from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt, mostly thrown into the river Main when the sanctuary was destroyed

 
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Altar of the Mitreo Menandro

The brick altar of the Mithraeum Menander was covered with marble slabs bearing a crescent and an inscription.

 
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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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Architectural remains and coins from Serdica

Architectural and numismatic finds from the Mithraeum at Serdica, Thracia, comprising a door cornice, a capital fragment, two pilaster pieces, a stone water-basin, and two coins of Arcadius deposited when the sanctuary was reused as a cellar.

 
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Tauroctony relief from Viminacium

White marble tauroctony relief from Kostolac, ancient Viminacium in Moesia Superior, formerly walled into the Castle of George Branković at Smederevo, depicting the standard bull-slaying.

 
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Figure approaching rock from Sarmizegetusa

White marble relief fragment from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, probably belonging to the preceding piece, depicting a man walking to the right stretching his hand towards a rock.

 
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Oceanus and rock miracle from Sarmizegetusa

Marble fragment from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the greater part of a reclining Oceanus and above it a rock before which one of Mithras's legs is visible — the water miracle scene.

 
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Lion hind leg and serpent from Sarmizegetusa

Three white limestone fragments from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the hind leg of a lion in a vertical position and a serpent apparently moving towards a rock — possibly a rock-birth scene.

 
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Cautopates lower body from Sarmizegetusa

Fragment of a bluish marble tauroctony from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the lower part of Cautopates with crossed legs, downward torch, and embroidered girdle.

 
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Unpublished Mithras relief from Apulum

Small Mithras relief from Apulum, Dacia, mentioned by Buday but not published; a design shows the bust of Sol with one ray pointing towards Mithras.

 
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Altar of Gaius Herennius Ermes to Cautes from Apulum

Inscription from a house wall at Apulum, Dacia, dedicated to Cautes by Gaius Herennius Ermes.

 
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Rock-birth relief from Salona

White limestone relief fragment from the walls of Salona, Dalmatia, found in 1906, depicting naked Mithras being born from the rock with a dagger in his right hand and a torch in his left.

 
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Wall dedication plate of Caius Iulius Propinquus from Carnuntum

Sandstone plate from Mithraeum III at Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, dedicated to Deo invicto by Caius Iulius Propinquus, who built a wall ex voto; traces of red on the rim.

 
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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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Altar with torchbearers from Mithraeum I, Carnuntum

Large sandstone altar from Mithraeum I at Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, with Cautopates cross-legged carved on the left side and Cautes walking on the right, both holding their torches with two hands; the front bears an inscription.

 
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Lion with bull head and water outlet from Mithraeum I, Carnuntum

Sandstone statue from Mithraeum I at Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, depicting a lying lion with a bull's head before its forefeet; a large opening at the back of the head communicated with a channel below, suggesting use as a cult water outlet.

 
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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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Tauroctony relief with Cautopates from Mithraeum III, Ptuj

Marble tauroctony relief from Mithraeum III at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving Mithras killing the bull — head and most of the flying cloak lost — flanked by Cautopates holding the torch downward.

 
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Tauroctony relief with Cautes and Cautopates from Mithraeum III, Ptuj

Damaged marble relief from Mithraeum III at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving Cautopates with torch downward on the right and the outline of a standing Cautes on the other side, with a fragmentary inscription in the lower border.

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