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Mithraeum of Regensburg

The Mithraeum of Regensburg represents the earliest of the nine Mithraic sanctuaries so far documented in Bavaria, Germany.

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Two-sided relief of Dieburg

The relief of Dieburg shows Mithras riding a horse as main figure, surrounded by several scenes of the myth.

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Tauroctony from Osterburken

Franz Cumont considers the bas relief of Osterburken ’the most remarkable of all the monuments of the cult of Mithras found up to now’.

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Mithräum von Dieburg

There are references to two places of worship from Dieburg, whereby the Mithraeum, discovered in 1926.

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Incensiary vessel of Dieburg

The vessel to burn incense from the Mithraeum of Dieburg is similar to those found in other Roman cities of Germany.

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Relief of a round platter with food of Ladenburg

The iconography of the platter of Ladenburg might evoke the food consumed during Mithraic banquets.

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Tauroctony from Santo Domingo de Silos

Mithras slaying the bull appears as the sign of Capricorn in a zodiacal sequence on the Pórtico del Cordero of the Abbey de Santo Domingo de Silos, Burgos, Spain.

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Mithraeum IV of Aquincum

The Mithraeum of Symphorus and Marcus, in Óbuda, Budapest, has been restored to public view in 2004 and, while well presented, it has been heavily restored.

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Base of Buda

This base was found in the 18th century and bears an inscription to the god Arimanius.

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Mithraeum V of Aquincum

The fifth mithraeum from Aquincum has been found in the house of a military tribune.

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Tabula ansata of Lucius from Bremenium

This inscription commemorates the building of a mithraeum in Bremenium with fellow worshippers of Mithras.

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Seated Mother-goddess from the Carrawburgh Mithraeum

A small stone pedestal and the fallen statue of a seated Mother-goddess from the Mithraeum at Procolitia (modern Carrawburgh), depicting a figure of ungainly proportions enfolding in her arms a basket resting on her knees, found in the corner behind the screen at the east end of the temple…

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Gross-Krotzenburg (Großkrotzenburg)

The fort at Großkrotzenburg occupied a strategic position on the Main river frontier.

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Butzbach (Butzbach)

Butzbach is associated with the frontier landscape of the Roman limes in Germania Superior.

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Ritual vessels and iron objects from the Carrawburgh Mithraeum

Ritual vessels and iron objects from the Mithraeum at Procolitia (modern Carrawburgh), including containers for votive offerings, cups, cooking-pots, platters, mortaria and jars, and iron implements comprising an altar-shovel, thatch-hook, mounting and candlestick…

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Mithras-Sol Altar from the Carrawburgh

One of the altars from the Carrawburgh Mithraeum depicts the bust of Mithras or Sol.

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Serpent fragment from Kirk-Bunar

Marble tauroctony relief fragment from Kirk-Bunar near the monastery of St. Petka, Moesia Inferior, preserving part of the creeping serpent as proof of a bull-slaying composition.

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January dedication from Acbunar

Fragmentary inscription from Acbunar, Moesia Inferior, recording a votive fulfilment on the Kalends or Ides of January — one of the few Mithraic inscriptions with a calendar date.

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Sol's biga fragment from Acbunar

Marble relief fragment from Acbunar, Moesia Inferior, preserving the foremost part of two horses — probably from a scene of Sol's biga — with remnants of an inscription below.

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Tauroctony upper panel from Acbunar

Upper portion of a yellowish marble tauroctony in two fragments from Acbunar, Moesia Inferior, preserving the divine busts of Sol and Luna in the upper register.

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