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The New Mithraeum Database

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Mithras tauroctonus and taurophorus vessel from Lanuvium

The red ceramic vessel from Lanuvium shows Mithra carrying the bull, followed by the dog, and the Tauroctony on the opposite side.

 
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Tauroctony of Sî`

In the tauroctony of Jabal al-Druze in Syria, the snake appears to be licking the head of the bull's penis.

 
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Tarouctony of the Palazzo San Marco

This sculpture of Mithras slaying the bull was bequeathed to the Republic of Venice in 1793 by Ambassador Girolamo Zulian.

 
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Tauroctony relief of the Esquiline

The relief of Mithras slaying the bull found on the Esquiline Hill includes two additional scenes with Mithras and two other figures.

 
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Tauroctony of the Cortile del Belvedere

The Tauroctony relief of Mithras killing the bull walled in the Cortile of the Belvedered, Vatican City, was found by Fagan near Ostia.

 
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Porphyry’s Cave of Nymphs and the Cult of Mithras

Between the 1st and 4th centuries, Mithraism developed throughout the Roman world. Much material exists, but textual evidence is scarce. The only ancient work that fills this gap is Porphyry’s intense and complex essay.

 
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Mithraeum of Heviz

The Mithraeum has found in a Roman building at the end of Attila Road, in Hévíz, Egregy

 
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Tauroctony of Quirinale

This sculpture of Mithras sacrificing the bull was found in the Quirinal and is now on display in the Musei Capitolini.

 
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Tauroctony from Albacini

This black marble of Mithras killing the Bull has belonged to the sculptor Carlo Albacini.

 
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Mitreo degli Animali

The Mithraeum of the Animals was decorated with a mosaic depicting a naked man, a cock, a raven, an scorpion, a snake and the head of the bull.

 
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Mithras Tauroctonus from private collection

Marble group of Mithras killing the Bull sold by Antiqurium Ltd, New York

 
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Tauroctony of Zadar

The relief of Mithras killing the bull of Zadar includes a naked Sol in a quadriga.

 
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Reconstructed Roman Temple of Mithras opens to public in London

Visitors to new museum will uncover mystery cult of Mithras the bull slayer in multi-sensory experience.

 
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CIMRM 973

Naked torso (H. 0.145 Br. 0.16 D. 0.08) of a robust body.

 
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CIMRM 931

"Vauthier a recolte en outre un buste en marbre blanc, tres fin, de Venus, semble-t-il, une tete de divinite casquee, probablement Minerve, et plusieurs menus debris de petites tetes feminines tres mutiIees.

 
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CIMRM 929

The find of a building (D) about 30-40 mtrs S-W from the Mithraeum seem to point at a second sanctuary.

 
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CIMRM 832

Marble relief (H. 0.725 Br. 0.35 D. 0.225), found in Chester "built up in an adjoining hall "White Friars" in 1851".

 
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CIMRM 830

Small stone statue, found at Chester in 1853 "built into a cellar wall in "White Friars" ".

 
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CIMRM 825

Marble fragment with an inscription in a tabula ansata (ILN 1954, 636).

 
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CIMRM 758

Reperta in fullonica intus in diaeta quadam, quae aliquando vestibuli loco fuit.

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