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Monumentum

Taurcotony statue of the Esquiline Hill
Except for the serpent, the sculpture of the taurcotony found on the Esquiline Hill lacks the usual animals that accompany Mithras in sacrifice.
TNMM380 – CIMRM 352
Monumentum

Tauroctony relief of the Esquiline
The relief of Mithras slaying the bull found on the Esquiline Hill includes two additional scenes with Mithras and two other figures.
TNMM382 – CIMRM 350, 351
C(auto)p(ati) / Primus pater fecit
Monumentum

Mithras petrogenitus of the Esquilino
The relief of Mithras being born from the rock of the Esquiline shows the young god naked, as usual, with a torch and a dagger in his hands.
TNMM381 – CIMRM 353
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of the Coloured Marble
The Mitreo dei Marmi Colorati takes its name after the discovery of a black-and-white mosaic of Pan fighting with Eros.
TNMM233
Mithraeum

Mitreo d'Orazio Muti
This Mithraic temple, now disappeared, is known thanks to the numerous remains recorded since 1594 in the 'Memorie di varie antichità trovate in diversi luoghi della città di Roma'.
TNMM99
Monumentum

Tauroctony of the Cortile del Belvedere
The Tauroctony relief of Mithras killing the bull walled in the Cortile of the Belvedered, Vatican City, was found by Fagan near Ostia.
TNMM363 – CIMRM 321
Mithraeum

Mitreo della Crypta Balbi
The Mithraeum of the Crypta Balbi was locted in the middle of a densely populated insula near the theatre of Cornelius Balbus.
TNMM183
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Quirinale
This sculpture of Mithras sacrificing the bull was found in the Quirinal and is now on display in the Musei Capitolini.
TNMM321 – CIMRM 385
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Asciano
The marble Tauroctony of Asciano, Siena, was donated by Franz Cumont to the Academia Belgica, Rome.
TNMM319 – CIMRM 662
Monumentum

Tauroctony from Albacini
This black marble of Mithras killing the Bull has belonged to the sculptor Carlo Albacini.
TNMM297 – CIMRM 557
Mithraeum

Mitreo degli Animali
The Mithraeum of the Animals was decorated with a mosaic depicting a naked man, a cock, a raven, an scorpion, a snake and the head of the bull.
TNMM3 – CIMRM 278
Monumentum

El sueño de Mitra
TNMM118
Monumentum

Submission scene from Barberini
This scene of the main fresco of the Mithraeum Barberini seems to depict part of the initiation into the Mithraic Mysteries.
TNMM283
Monumentum

CIMRM 167
Inscription from Termini.
TNMM884 – CIMRM 167
Monumentum

CIMRM 170
Altar, found at Saponara "in hortis Danii".
TNMM887 – CIMRM 170
Monumentum

CIMRM 173
Greyish marble relief (H. 0.84 Br. 0.99 D. 0.07), probably from Naples.
TNMM889 – CIMRM 173
Monumentum

CIMRM 176
Relief formerly near Sta.
TNMM890 – CIMRM 176
Monumentum

CIMRM 177
Marmore gracili et erecto.
TNMM891 – CIMRM 177
Monumentum

CIMRM 178
Limestone, found on the island of Ischia.
TNMM892 – CIMRM 178
Monumentum

CIMRM 179
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TNMM893 – CIMRM 179