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Head of Attis or Mithras from Waggendorf

Small marble head in Phrygian cap of unknown provenance, associated with the Waggendorf find-group, Noricum; may represent Attis or Mithras.

 
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Mitreo de Hawarti

 
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Inscription in tabula ansata from the Walbrook Mithraeum, London

A marble fragment with an inscription in a tabula ansata from the Mithraeum at Walbrook in London, reading [Au]gggg(ustis) invicto..., a dedication to the Invincible probably addressing multiple emperors.

 
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Tauroctony with water miracle from Dacia

Marble tauroctony relief fragment from Dacia, preserved in Bucharest, with only Mithras's head and part of his flying cloak visible; above this a water-miracle scene and above that the bull in a small boat.

 
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Sandstone bowl and stone laver from the Walbrook Mithraeum, London

A sandstone bowl and a large part of a stone laver or washing bowl from the Mithraeum at Walbrook in London, ritual vessels forming part of the sanctuary's furnishings.

 
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Marble statuette of Mercury with ram and tortoise from the Walbrook Mithraeum, London

A small marble statuette of naked Mercury from the Mithraeum at Walbrook in London, sitting on a rock with the stumps of wings in his hair and a purse in his left hand, with a ram lying at his feet beside which is a tortoise.

 
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Marble head of a woman with diadem from the Walbrook Mithraeum, London

A marble head of a woman from the Mithraeum at Walbrook in London, originally crowned with a diadem.

 
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Circular plaque fragment with Danubian horsemen from the Walbrook Mithraeum, London

A fragment of a circular plaque from the Mithraeum at Walbrook in London, showing the Danubian horsemen and leaping dogs.

 
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Marble torso of an attendant deity from the Walbrook Mithraeum, London

A marble torso of a male figure from the Mithraeum at Walbrook in London, flattened at the back, probably one of the attendant deities of Mithras, which would have stood about 2 ft. in complete height.

 
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Relief fragment of Cautopates from the Walbrook Mithraeum, London

A relief fragment from the Mithraeum at Walbrook in London, preserving the lower part of a cross-legged figure of Cautopates pointing his torch downwards.

 
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Marble torso of Oceanus from the Walbrook Mithraeum, London

A fragment of a white marble statue from the Mithraeum at Walbrook in London, preserving the naked torso of a reclining figure with long hair and beard, with the end of a staff visible near his left shoulder, identified as Oceanus.

 
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Marble statue of Bonus Eventus from the Walbrook Mithraeum, London

A white marble statue from the Mithraeum at Walbrook in London, depicting Bonus Eventus standing in a long hanging cloak, leaning on a ship's stem, holding a cornucopia against his shoulder and a patera above a burning altar from the back of which a…

 
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Inscription "Deo Invicto Mithrae" from the Theodosian walls at Aquileia

A fragmentary inscription found in the foundations of the Theodosian walls at Aquileia, recording a dedication to the Invincible Mithras by ...ntius Manilianus.

 
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Mithras head of Walbrook

The Mithras's head of Walbrook probable belonged to a life-size scene of the god scarifying the bull.

 
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Wall-painting of Mithras tauroktonos in the house of the Nummi Albani, Rome

Wall-painting of Mithras tauroktonos in fresco, discovered in 1886 in an underground room of the house of the Nummi Albani on the Quirinal (Via Firenze); the god wears a red cap and tunic, the torchbearers wear yellow or orange tunic and cap with green or brown anaxyrides…

 
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Large tauroctony relief from Schwadorf

Fragment of a large sandstone tauroctony relief from Schwadorf, ancient Aequinoctium, depicting Mithras killing the bull; the upper part of the god's body, his head, the end of the tail, and the scorpion are lost.

 
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Rock-birth relief from Schwadorf

Limestone relief from Schwadorf, ancient Aequinoctium in Pannonia Superior, depicting the naked Mithras being born from the rock with a serpent encircling it, flanked by torchbearers; one of the finest examples of this iconographic type from the Danubian region…

 
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Inscribed rectangular water-basin from Königshoffen

Rectangular sandstone water-basin from the Mithraeum at Königshoffen, placed near the great tauroctony relief; only the bottom, front, and part of the left side survive, and the front inscription records the flow of water as a votive act.

 
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Circular water-basin from Königshoffen

Circular limestone water-basin from the entrance area of the Mithraeum at Königshoffen, equipped with a spout and two handles; traces of red paint survive on the interior.

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