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The New Mithraeum Database

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Tauroctony relief fragment from Potz Neusiedl

Fragment of a relief from Potz Neusiedl near Stix-Neusiedl, Pannonia Superior, brought to Eisenstadt in 1926, depicting part of a Mithraic bull-slaying scene.

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Altar from Vienna

Limestone altar from Vienna, ancient Vindobona in Pannonia Superior, found in 1896 together with two terracotta lamps; the dedicant and full text are not known from the summary description.

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Third tauroctony relief from Sopron

Marble tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Sopron, ancient Scarabantia, depicting the standard bull-slaying scene with raven, dog, serpent, scorpion, and torchbearers.

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Second tauroctony relief from Sopron

Marble tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Sopron, ancient Scarabantia, depicting the standard bull-slaying with raven, dog, scorpion, and cross-legged torchbearers.

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Great tauroctony relief from Sopron

Large marble tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Sopron, ancient Scarabantia, depicting the standard bull-slaying with raven, dog, serpent, and scorpion, flanked by cross-legged torchbearers.

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Tauroctony relief with inscription from Modrič

Marble tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Modrič, Pannonia Superior, with Cautopates and Cautes flanking the bull-slaying scene and a dedication inscribed in the lower border.

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Tauroctony relief from Modrič

Marble tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Modrič, Pannonia Superior, depicting the standard bull-slaying with raven, dog, scorpion, and cross-legged torchbearers.

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Mithraeum at Pohanica

Small Mithraic sanctuary found in the slope of a ravine called Zlodjer (Devil's Ditch) at Ober-Pohanica near Zdole, Noricum; the finds are among the finest marble Mithraic sculpture from the eastern Alpine provinces.

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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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Silver votive crescent from Linz

Several thin silver fragments from the Mithraeum at Linz, ancient Lentia, reconstructed as a votive object surmounted by a crescent or two horns; paralleled in sanctuaries of Jupiter Dolichenus.

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Tauroctony relief from Augst

Small limestone tauroctony relief from Augst, ancient Augusta Rauricorum, depicting the bull-slaying with dog and scorpion, flanked by cross-legged torchbearers in Oriental dress; Cautes holds a pedum alongside the upraised torch.

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Swine relief from Thun-Allmendingen

Fragmentary limestone relief from Thun-Allmendingen of the same dimensions as the bull relief, depicting a swine; both may have formed part of the sanctuary's ritual décor.

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Altar of Secundus from Königshoffen

Altar from the Mithraeum at Königshoffen, dedicated in honour of the Domus Divina to Deo invicto Mithrae by a dedicant whose name is partially preserved and may be read as Secundus or Secundinus.

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Altar of Gittonius Pippausus to Deus Cissonius from Königshoffen

Altar from the Mithraeum at Königshoffen, dedicated to Deo Cissonio — a Celtic god identified with Mercury — by Gittonius Pippausus; the dedicant's Celtic name may be etymologically connected to that of the deity.

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Rock-birth relief fragment from Königshoffen

Small sandstone relief fragment from the Mithraeum at Königshoffen preserving a naked male figure from the thighs to the head, possibly part of a rock-birth scene.

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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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Tauroctony statuette from Halle an der Saale

Small bronze statuette recovered from the river Saale near Burg Giebichenstein in 1900, depicting Mithras as bull-slayer without a Phrygian cap; the left leg is lost.

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Tauroctony relief from Hölzern

Badly damaged red sandstone relief from Hölzern, Germania Superior, depicting the standard bull-slaying scene; possibly forming part of the border zone of a larger composition.

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Tauroctony fragment from Rockenhausen

Grey limestone relief fragment from Rockenhausen found at the Pfingstborn spring, preserving part of the bull-slaying scene

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Sandstone figure from Gross-Krotzenburg

Fragment of a sandstone statue found during cellar excavations at Gross-Krotzenburg in 1848, possibly belonging to the Mithraeum

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