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Altar with Sol bust from the Housesteads Mithraeum

An altar found in the north-east corner of the main room of the Mithraeum at Borcovicium (modern Housesteads) in 1822, bearing on its capital the bust of Sol in a crown of seven rays and the inscription No. 859.

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White marble relief with bull and fig-tree from Italica

A small four-sided white marble relief of uncertain Mithraic attribution, found at Italica (modern Santiponce, near Seville), depicting a bull walking to the right on the front, a fig-tree on the back, five ears of wheat on the right side, and damaged vine tendrils with grapes on the left…

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Mithraic texts from Santa Prisca

Preliminary readings of the painted Mithraic texts later revised after additional research and restoration.

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Altar of Vettius Agrorius Praetextatus

The marble altar mentions Vettius Agrorius Praetextatus as Pater Sacrorum and Patrum and his wife Aconia Fabia Paulina.

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Mithraic inscription from Rome

Epigraphic testimony catalogued in the Année Épigraphique and Lugli’s Fontes for ancient Rome.

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Altar to a Perses of S. Silvestro in Capite

This monument was erected on the occasion of the elevation of a member to the Mithraic grade of Perses.

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Bust of Mithras from Athens

Marble bust from the south-east slope of the Acropolis at Athens, from the Attic mountain Pentelikon, depicting a man with an uncovered breast and mantle; probably Mithras, though the head is lost.

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Altar of Iulius Bubulus from Brač

Inscription found at Škrip on the island of Brač, ancient Brattia in Dalmatia, in 1805, dedicated to Soli invicto Mithrae by Iulius Bubulus.

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Bull relief from Thun-Allmendingen

Large limestone relief from Thun-Allmendingen depicting a bull walking to the left; the head is lost. At approximately 2.91 × 2.43 m one of the largest single-animal reliefs from a Mithraic context.

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Twin bust reliefs from Cannstatt

Two rectangular sandstone reliefs from Zasenhausen near Cannstatt, ancient Clarenna, each depicting a male bust with astral symbols on the forehead, arranged in opposing directions.

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Tauroctony marble group with bull's tail ending in three ears, Rome

A white marble tauroctony group in the round found near the Forum in Rome in 1919, showing Mithras slaying the bull with dog, serpent and scorpion, the bull's tail ending in three ears of grain; possibly identical with No. 605.

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Tauroctony relief with Mithras grasping the bull's horns from Rome

Tauroctony relief formerly in the house of the Alterii near S. Marco in Rome, now of unknown whereabouts, described by Gruterus as showing Mithras pressing both knees onto the bull and grasping its horns with the knife in the shoulder, with scorpion, serpent, raven, Sol and Luna…

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Tauroctony fragment with Cautopates and Luna bust from Rome

Fragment of a small tauroctony relief in the Museo Lateranense, Rome, preserving the bull's head and the upper part of Cautopates pointing his torch downwards with both hands, and the bust of Luna with crescent in the upper corner.

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Marble relief of Mithras grasping the bull's horn from Palazzo Giustiniani, Rome

Marble relief formerly in the Palazzo Giustiniani showing Mithras slaying the bull while grasping one of its horns, with the dog, serpent, scorpion and torchbearers, and a krater before the feet of Cautes.

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Tiburtine stone tablet CIL VI 659 dedicated to Sol Invictus by T. Aelius Tryfon, Rome

Tiburtine stone tablet found in 1740 near S. Balbina, with a dedication by T. Aelius Tryfon, priest of Sol Invictus, to the Invicti and Silvanus, erected after a vision.

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Terracotta relief of Victoria slaying a bull, S. Prisca Mithraeum, Rome

Terracotta relief showing Victoria slaying a bull from the S. Prisca Mithraeum; a similar relief was found in 1953 and probably does not belong to the original Mithraic inventory.

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Very small relief of Mithras slaying the bull, Aventine, Rome

Very small relief showing Mithras slaying the bull, with some figures preserved on the broken lower border, from the Aventine sanctuary in Rome.

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Two fragments of greyish marble with imperial tribune inscription, Palazzo dei Musei Mithraeum, Rome

Two fragments of greyish marble from the Palazzo dei Musei Mithraeum with a partially legible inscription referring to the pontifex maximus and tribunicia potestas for the twentieth time, attributed to Trajan or Hadrian.

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Fragments of small lamp with bust of Luna in a crescent, Palazzo dei Musei Mithraeum, Rome

Fragments of a small lamp from the Palazzo dei Musei Mithraeum, preserving the lower part of the bust of Luna set within a crescent.

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Bust of a man in military dress from the Palazzo dei Musei Mithraeum, Rome

Bust of a man in lorica and paludamentum from the Mithraeum at the Palazzo dei Musei, Rome; the head is lost.

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