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Fragment of Mithras tauroktonos relief from Villa Wolkonsky, Rome

Fragment of a relief from the Villa Wolkonsky showing the usual representation of Mithras slaying the bull, with the dog, serpent and scorpion; the bull's head, Mithras' head and right foot are lost.

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Marble relief of Mithras tauroktonos from Palazzo Vaccari, Via del Tritone, Rome

Marble relief formerly in the Palazzo Alberoni and then the Palazzo Vaccari on Via del Tritone, showing Mithras slaying the bull with the raven on the god's cloak, the serpent, dog and scorpion, and the busts of Sol and Luna in the upper corners.

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Tauroctony from Santa Prisca

Even if only a few fragments remain, it is very likely that the main niche of the Mitreo di Santa Prisca contained the usual representation of Mithras killing the bull.

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Probable Mithraeum on the Aventine between S. Saba and Via Salvator, Rome

Roman building on the Aventine between the eastern side of S. Saba and Via Salvator, probably used as a Mithraeum at the end of the 4th century, with a long corridor bearing three semicircular niches and a large external basin.

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Tauroctony from the Collezione Torlonia

This remarkable Greek marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was discovered in 1705 and remained in private collections until it was bought by the Louvre.

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Tauroctony from Viale Latino

Partial marble statue of Mithras as a bullkiller found near Viale Latino, about 200 meters from Porta San Giovanni.

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Tauroctony found on the Esquiline

This white marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was found on the Esquilino near the Church of Saint Lucy in Selci in Rome.

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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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Painted tauroctony from Rome

This unusual mural depicting Mithras killing the bull was found near the Colosseum in 1668.

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Mithras pantocrator from the Villa Altieri

This unusual representation of Mithras standing on a bull was kept in the Casino di Villa Altieri sul Monte Esquilino until the 19th century.

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Tauroctony from 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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Relief fragment from Labicum

Fragment of a bull-killing relief showing Mithras, the torchbearer Cautes with upraised torch, and the bust of Luna, found at Labicum in the ruins of a Roman villa.

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Tauroctony from Naples

The marble relief of Mithras killing the bull in Naples bears an inscription that calls the solar god omnipotentis.

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Tanit ex-voto from Carthage

Punic ex-voto to Tanit bearing the formula 'Meqim Elim Mithrahastarni', tentatively interpreted as a Mithras reference but pre-dating the Roman cult.

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Mithraeum of Colchester

One of the rooms in a sustantive masonry building in Hollytrees Meadow was considered to be a Mithreum, a theory that has now been discarded.

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Marble cinerary casket fragment from Sabratha

Lower part of a white marble cinerary casket decorated with a relief of Mithras killing the bull, from the necropolis area near the amphitheatre of Sabratha.

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Altar with pedum and caduceus from Thessalonike

Marble altar from Thessalonike, Macedonia, with a dedication on the front and a pedum on the left side and a caduceus on the right — attributes associated with Mithraic cult furniture.

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Tauroctony relief from Kabyle

Small weathered arched tauroctony relief from the ruins of ancient Kabyle near Yambol, Thracia, depicting the standard bull-slaying scene.

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Sol and Luna upper panel from Sinitovo

Fragment of a marble tauroctony relief found between Sinitovo and Tatar-Bazardjik, Thracia, preserving only the upper portion with the busts of Sol and Luna; the Greek inscription in the border names the dedicant.

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Tauroctony lower panel from Sinitovo

Lower part of a marble tauroctony relief from Sinitovo, Thracia, found walled into a well, depicting the lower portion of the bull-slaying scene; the Greek inscription in the lower border records a thanksgiving to Helios Mithras invictos.

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