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Bull's head and dagger fragment from Sarmizegetusa

Marble fragment from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the neck and head of the bull together with Mithras's dagger.

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Bull's tail and cloak fragment from Sarmizegetusa

Greyish marble fragment from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the bull's tail and part of Mithras's flying cloak.

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Bull hindquarter and altar fragment from Sarmizegetusa

Fragment of a white marble tauroctony from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the hindmost part of the bull to the left and the fragment of a small altar behind it.

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Bull's muzzle fragments from Sarmizegetusa

Fragments of a bluish marble tauroctony from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, possibly related to the preceding piece, preserving remnants of a bull.

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Sol bust corner from Sarmizegetusa

Left upper corner of a bluish marble tauroctony from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the bust of Sol with his right shoulder lost.

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Mithras torso in bullkiller posture from Sarmizegetusa

Two fragments of a bluish marble tauroctony from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the torso of Mithras in the bull-killing posture.

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Bull in boat fragment from Sarmizegetusa

Fragment of greyish marble from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving a bull in a small boat — a rare iconographic detail in Mithraic art.

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Sol bust from Sarmizegetusa

Fragment of bluish marble from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the dressed bust of Sol with a diadem and holes for five rays; traces of red colour are preserved.

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Tauroctony with belted bull from Sarmizegetusa

Lower part of a white limestone tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the bull with a broad belt and the Cautopates area.

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Sol bust corner from Cinçsor

Left upper corner of a marble tauroctony relief from Cinçsor, Dacia, preserving the bust of Sol with a whip and underneath it the head of a torchbearer.

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Altar with rose and bull's head from Apulum

Lost limestone altar from Apulum, Dacia, decorated on the sides with a rose and serpent, on the reverse with a bull's head; the front bears a Mithraic inscription.

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Base with Mithras riding the bull from Apulum

Limestone base from Apulum, Dacia, decorated on the front with Mithras riding the bull to the right while holding an upraised torch — the tauriphoros riding type, distinct from the tauroctony.

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Torso with bull's head from Apulum

Limestone statue torso from the Mithraeum at Apulum, Dacia, found with the preceding piece, depicting a person in Oriental dress carrying a bull's head in his left hand; head, arms, and legs are lost.

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Bull's head fragment from Salona

Limestone relief fragment from Salona or its surroundings, Dalmatia, preserving a very fine bull's head and the left hand of Mithras.

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Sol bust fragment from Salona

Left upper corner of a white marble relief from Salona, Dalmatia, found in 1895, preserving the bust of Sol in radiate crown.

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Tauroctony relief with belted bull from Sárkeszi

Limestone tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Sárkeszi, Pannonia Inferior, depicting Mithras killing the bull with a broad belt, dog, serpent, raven, and torchbearers; the grotto is indicated by rough soil.

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Bronze tabula of Ulpius Sabinus from Brigetio

Bronze tabula ansata from Brigetio, Pannonia Superior, dedicated to Deo invicto by Ulpius Sabinus, miles of Legio I Adiutrix.

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Tauroctony fragment with bull and Mithras from Carnuntum

White marble tauroctony relief fragment from Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, preserving the bull and the lower part of Mithras's tunic.

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Lion with bull head and water outlet from Mithraeum I, Carnuntum

Sandstone statue from Mithraeum I at Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, depicting a lying lion with a bull's head before its forefeet; a large opening at the back of the head communicated with a channel below, suggesting use as a cult water outlet.

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Altar of the hereditatum tabularius from Mithraeum III, Ptuj

Inscription from Mithraeum III at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, dedicated to Invicto Augusto sacrum by an imperial slave serving as hereditatum tabularius — an officer for death-duties — one of the rarer administrative titles attested in Mithraic epigraphy.

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