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Altar dedicated to Mars and Victoria from the Housesteads area

An altar found in 1898 in the east part of the sanctuary at Borcovicium (modern Housesteads), bearing a dedication to Mars and Victoria, possibly belonging to an adjacent shrine rather than the Mithraeum itself.

 
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Ceramic finds indicating fire destruction at the Housesteads Mithraeum

Ceramic finds from both excavations of the Mithraeum at Borcovicium (modern Housesteads), comprising red and thin black-glazed pottery fragments together with a silver coin of Faustina Minor, indicating the sanctuary was in use before 253 A.D. and was most likely destroyed by fire…

 
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Tauroctony statue from the Piazza Giudea area, Rome

A tauroctony statue once in the Collection Santa Croce near the Piazza Giudea in Rome, showing Mithras as bullkiller with a broad belt around the bull's body, the arms of the god and the bull's horns broken off.

 
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Bronze lamella of C. Veratius Faustinus from Rome

Bronze lamella probably from Rome, found in 1729, bearing a dedication to Sol Sanctissimus by C. Veratius Faustinus, a soldier of the third praetorian cohort.

 
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Wall-painting of Mithras tauroktonos in the house of the Nummi Albani, Rome

Wall-painting of Mithras tauroktonos in fresco, discovered in 1886 in an underground room of the house of the Nummi Albani on the Quirinal (Via Firenze); the god wears a red cap and tunic, the torchbearers wear yellow or orange tunic and cap with green or brown anaxyrides…

 
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Tauroctony from via di Borgo

This relief of Mithras Tauroctonos from Rome bears the inscription of three brothers, two of them lions.

 
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Tauroctony relief from Dionysopolis

Sandstone tauroctony relief from Balcic, ancient Dionysopolis in Moesia Inferior, depicting the standard bull-slaying scene; the attribution to Dionysopolis rather than another site is disputed.

 
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Second altar of Horimos from Tirgușor

Small sandstone altar with red-painted lettering from the Mithraeum at Tirgușor, Moesia Inferior, dedicated by Horimos to the god Caute; the last letters of the inscription are uncertain.

 
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Small altar of Horimos from Tirgușor

Small sandstone altar with red-painted lettering from the Mithraeum at Tirgușor, Moesia Inferior, dedicated to the god by Horimos.

 
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Tauroctony with upraised torches from Tirgușor

Sandstone tauroctony relief with pediment from the Mithraeum at Tirgușor, Moesia Inferior, depicting the bull-slaying with two cross-legged torchbearers both holding their torches upraised and Sol and Luna busts in the upper corners; no dog or scorpion.

 
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Inscription of Lucaius from Civitas Montanensium

Inscription from Civitas Montanensium, Moesia Superior, dedicated to Deo sancto invicto by Lucaius ex voto.

 
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Mithraeum at Slăveni-Romanați

Mithraic sanctuary found in 1837 on the right bank of the river Olt near Slăveni-Romanați, Dacia; the construction of the building is not detailed.

 
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Tauroctony altar from Alsóbajom

Sandstone altar from Alsóbajom near Mediaș, Dacia, with Mithras killing the bull between Cautes and Cautopates on its front face and no animals depicted; Sol appears in the upper left corner and Luna in the upper right.

 
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Rock-birth altar from Decea Mureșului

White sandstone altar from Decea Mureșului near Aiud, ancient Bruckla in Dacia, depicting on its front the naked Mithras being born from the rock, holding a torch in his right hand and a dagger in his left, with a coiled serpent below.

 
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Altar of Cocceius from Pritok

Sandstone altar from Pritok near Bihać, Dalmatia, dedicated to Invicto Mithrae Soli by Cocceius for his own welfare.

 
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Tauroctony relief from Pritok

Sandstone tauroctony relief from Pritok near Bihać, Dalmatia, lost during World War II, depicting Mithras in Oriental dress killing the bull in a grotto with the bull's tail ending in corn-ears.

 
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Mithraeum at Konjic

Mithraic sanctuary found in 1897 on the slope of the Repovic mountains on the right bank of the river Trstenic near Konjic in Herzegovina, Dalmatia; a limestone sanctuary with cult relief, altar, and architectural elements.

 
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Rock sanctuary near Prozor

Rocky pass about twenty minutes south of Prozor, Dalmatia, containing a rock niche with a carved Mithraic scene; probably a secondary cult place related to the Vitalj sanctuary.

 
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Mithraeum at Sárkeszi

Mithraic sanctuary found at Sárkeszi near Székesfehérvár, Pannonia Inferior, in a place called Ságvölgyi; yielding altars, tauroctony reliefs, and cult objects.

 
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Altar of Claudius Neronianus from Campona

Sandstone altar from Campona, Pannonia Inferior, dedicated to Deo Soli invicto by Claudius Neronianus; the dedication is painted red.

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