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Tauroctony forepart with Cautes from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Foremost portion of a marble tauroctony relief from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving the bull's forepart, the serpent's head, the turning dog, and Cautes raising the torch with both hands.

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Tauroctony lower panel from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Marble relief from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving the lower part of the tauroctony with a bull in full extension, the scorpion, and a serpent with upraised head, together with Cautopates behind the bull.

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Tauroctony fragment with Sol and Cautopates from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Left portion of a marble tauroctony relief from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving the bust of Sol and below it standing Cautopates with a downward torch, together with the bull's hind-leg and Mithras's right leg.

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Tauroctony fragment with Luna and Cautes from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Right portion of a marble tauroctony relief from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving standing Cautes with upraised torch and the bust of Luna above him.

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Primitive torchbearer fragment from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Left portion of a primitive marble relief from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving the upper part of a figure in Oriental dress holding a downward torch and the bust of Sol in the upper corner.

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Tauroctony relief with raven from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

White marble tauroctony relief from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, depicting Mithras in Oriental dress killing the bull with a girdle and the raven perched on the grotto's border.

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Tauroctony relief with uplifted torches from Ruše

Weathered marble tauroctony relief in two fragments from Ruše, Noricum, depicting the bull-slaying with only the dog visible, flanked by two torchbearers both holding their torches upraised; no Sol or Luna.

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Tauroctony relief with pensive Cautopates from Ruše

Marble tauroctony relief from Ruše, Noricum, showing a grotto scene in which Cautopates holds the torch downward against the rocky ground and supports his head with his left hand in a pensive attitude; the upper left corner preserves a bust of Sol.

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Weathered tauroctony relief from Ruše

Small marble tauroctony relief from Ruše, Noricum, badly weathered, depicting the bull-slaying in a grotto-like niche with cross-legged torchbearers on bases.

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Altar of Hilarus and Epictetus from Töltschach

Altar from Töltschach am Zollfeld, Noricum, dedicated to Soli invicto Mithrae for the welfare of the Augustus in honour of the Domus Divina by Hilarus, imperial freedman and tabularius patrimonii regni Norici, and Epictetus, imperial arkarius…

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Marble tauroctony from Mithraeum III, Heddernheim

Fragments of a white marble arched tauroctony from Mithraeum III at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, showing Mithras killing the bull in a leaf wreath

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Tauroctony relief from Friedberg Mithraeum II

Marble relief fragment showing Mithras slaying the bull, originally belonging to a lost second Mithraeum at Friedberg.

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Zodiacal tauroctony relief from Friedberg

Small marble relief of Mithras slaying the bull within a wreath decorated with zodiac signs.

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Amethyst intaglio with Tauroctony

Amethyst intaglio engraved with Mithras slaying the bull, accompanied by Sol, Luna and other canonical Mithraic symbols.

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Frescoes from the tomb of Aelius Magnus and Aelia Arisuth in Oea

The Mithraic nature of the frescoes of Oea, according to the scholars Cumont and Vermaseren, is now questioned.

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Relief of Mithras and Cautes from Aïtodor

Small surviving fragment depicting Mithras as bull-slayer together with the torchbearer Cautes.

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Tauroctony fragment from Aïtodor

Scene from a bull-slaying relief preserving the dagger of Mithras, the dog and the raised torch of Cautes.

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Tauroctony from Aigio

The Tauroctony of Patras was found years before the temple over which the relief of Mithras sacrificing the bull was supposed to preside.

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Tauroctony from 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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Gold coin of rom Bactria

Gold coin from Bactria depicting ΜΙΙΡΟ (Mithras) with radiate crown and military attributes.

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