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Tauroctony relief with belted bull from Sárkeszi

Limestone tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Sárkeszi, Pannonia Inferior, depicting Mithras killing the bull with a broad belt, dog, serpent, raven, and torchbearers; the grotto is indicated by rough soil.

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Tauroctony relief fragment from Aquincum

Fragment of a relief from Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior, walled into a house at Majláth-Utcai 51, preserving the lower left corner of a tauroctony with the bull's hind-leg, Mithras's leg, and the scorpion.

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Temple dedication of Marcus Aurelius Frontinianus and Fronto from Aquincum

Base from Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior, recording that Marcus Aurelius Frontinianus and Marcus Aurelius Fronto, soldiers of Legio II Adiutrix and fratres, built a temple to Soli socio; dated to the consulship of Antoninus, either AD 213 or 222.

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Altar of Titus Flavius Montanus from Aquincum

Altar from Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior, dedicated to Soli invicto Mithrae by Titus Flavius Montanus as a dona — a gift rather than an ex voto.

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Tauroctony relief from Aquincum

Marble tauroctony relief from Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior, found at Budapest III, Fötér, depicting Mithras as bull-slayer with both torchbearers flanking the central group.

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Altar of Libella leo to Deo Arimanio from Aquincum

Altar found at Altofen in 1855, ancient Aquincum, dedicated to Deo Arimanio — Ahriman, the Zoroastrian adversary — by Libella, leo, as a votive dedication to the fratres; one of the very few Mithraic dedications to Ahriman from the Roman world.

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Minor finds from Mithraeum IV, Aquincum

Minor finds from Mithraeum IV at Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior, comprising a stamped terra-sigillata bowl (CINNAMI), serpent-vase fragments, pine-apples, altars, balls, and lamps.

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Terracotta goddess with child from Aquincum

Terracotta relief from Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior, depicting a Venus-like goddess in the company of a child holding a fruit basket; its association with the Mithraeum is probable but not certain.

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Mithraeum IV at Aquincum

Fourth Mithraic sanctuary discovered near the southern town-wall of Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior, between a rectangular building and an apsidal structure; excavated in 1941–42 and yielding the most complete sculptural assemblage from the city.

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Aion-type altar from near Mithraeum III, Aquincum

Large limestone altar from near Mithraeum III at Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior, with a hole in the base probably designed to hold a cult object; the detailed iconographic programme of this altar is notable within the Aquincum Mithraic assemblage.

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Rock-birth statue from Mithraeum III, Aquincum

Sandstone statue from near Mithraeum III at Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior, probably depicting Mithras's rock-birth.

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Altar to Leo from Mithraeum I, Aquincum

Altar from Mithraeum I at Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior, dedicated to Leoni, suggesting a dedication to the Mithraic grade leo or to the lion as a cult animal.

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Altar of Caius Valerius Matrinianus from Brigetio

Stone base from the Dolichenum at Brigetio, Pannonia Superior, dedicated to Deo Soli invicto Mithrae by Caius Valerius Matrinianus, cornicularius of the legate of Legio I Adiutrix.

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Altar of Caius with Transitus dedication from Carnuntum

Altar from Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, dedicated to the Transitus — the Mithraic transit ritual — by Caius, an association also attested at Brigetio and Poetovio.

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Altar of Lucius Aelius Leo from Carnuntum

Altar from Petronell, ancient Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, dedicated to Soli divino ex visu by Lucius Aelius Leo — possibly the same individual who dedicated a further altar identifying himself as a miles of Legio XIIII Gemina.

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Altar of Caius Rip- from Carnuntum

Small altar from Petronell, ancient Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, dedicated to Mithras (spelt Motre) by Caius Rip-, who made the altar as merited; the garbled spelling suggests a non-Latin speaker.

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Minor finds from Mithraeum III, Carnuntum

Minor finds from Mithraeum III at Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, including lamps, bricks, pottery, and serpent-vase fragments; a coin of Macrinus (AD 217) from the entrance may provide a terminus, and the sanctuary is attested as restored in AD 307.

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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 of Magnius Heracla from Mithraeum III, Carnuntum

Inscription from Mithraeum III at Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, recording a dedication pro salute Augusti to Deo invicto by Magnius Heracla, a Roman citizen of peregrinian origin as indicated by his cognomen.

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Altar of Titus Flavius Viator from Mithraeum III, Carnuntum

Inscription from Mithraeum III at Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, recording that Titus Flavius Viator built or founded something for Deo invicto; the verb condi fecit is interpreted as referring to the construction of the sanctuary.

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