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Base of Cerellio Hieronymo from Ostia

Small marble base recording a donation to M. Cerellio Hieronymo, pater and sacerdos, on behalf of an antistes who dedicated objects to the god, from the Mitreo degli Animali at Ostia.

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Marble base of Annius Lucullus Ostia

Small marble base with a dedication by T. Annius Lucullus, sevir and quinquennalis, to Martis Dendrophoris Ostiensium, from the Mitreo degli Animali at Ostia, dated to 143 A.D.

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Marble base of Annius Merops from Ostia

Small marble base dedicated by Sex. Annius Merops, honoured Dendrophoros, to the image of Terrae Matris, from the Mitreo degli Animali at Ostia, dated to 142 A.D.

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Cippus of Aurelius Crescens from Ostia

A small cippus from the Mithraeum of Sabazeus records the rebuilding of the sanctuary after its collapse.

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Marble base from Rome by Ulpius Paulus

Small marble base, found in one of the private houses along the Via Sacra nearly opposite to the Basilica of Constantine, Rome.

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Tauroctony carnelian from Epidaurum

White carnelian with red stripes, reportedly acquired at Epidaurum, depicting what may be Mithras as bull-slayer before a burning altar surmounted by a crescent and a nine-rayed star.

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Tauroctony on yellow carnelian from Udine

Yellow lenticular carnelian gem probably from Aquileia, now in Udine, depicting a Mithraic scene nearly identical to the Florence jasper.

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Bronze vase fragments from Angleur

Fragments of a small bronze vase with two handles, one of which is broken off, from the Mithraic sanctuary at Angleur near Liège in Belgica.

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Bronze Medusa-head slab from Angleur

A small round bronze slab bearing a Medusa head, with serpents knotted below her chin and serpent heads emerging between two wings attached to the temples, with two hooks on the reverse, from the Mithraic sanctuary at Angleur near Liège in Belgica.

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Bronze zodiac sign slabs from Angleur

Four small bronze slabs with representations of zodiac signs — a leaping ram, a running lion, a scorpion, and a fish — with remnants of iron hooks, from the Mithraic sanctuary at Angleur near Liège in Belgica.

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Bronze wind-god slabs from Angleur

Three small bronze slabs bearing roughly modelled bearded heads of wind-gods, each with a wing on the head, with iron hooks on the reverse for fastening, found at the Mithraic sanctuary at Angleur near Liège in Belgica.

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Torchbearer hand and torch end from Les Bolards south-east cemetery

A torch end held by a hand in the pose of a dadophore, and another hand holding a small offering, found at the south-east cemetery adjacent to the Mithraeum of Les Bolards (ancient Venetonimagus) in Lugdunensis.

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Venus bust and votive bronze eye-plaques from Les Bolards

A fine white marble bust of Venus, a head of a helmeted deity possibly Minerva, small female heads, and bronze eye-plaques analogous to those from the temples of Sequana and Apollo Vindonnus, found at the building south-west of the Mithraeum at Les…

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Two base fragments from Les Bolards

Two small stone fragments, possibly from a base, found at the Mithraeum of Les Bolards (ancient Venetonimagus) in Lugdunensis.

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White marble column and votive fragments from Les Bolards

A small white marble column decorated in high relief with spiral oak-leaves and acorns, together with fragments of two legs and two hands holding votive offerings, found at the Mithraeum of Les Bolards (ancient Venetonimagus) in Lugdunensis.

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Stela of Mithras Invictus from Mandeure

Stela dedicated to Mithras Invictus, found in 1895–1896 at Epamantodurum (modern Mandeure), in the territory of the civitas Sequanorum (Gallia Belgica). The inscription records a vow to Mithras Invictus made for the welfare of Sextus Maenius Pudens.

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Sculpted head from Florentia

Head formerly associated with Mithraic material but interpreted by Margarete Bieber as a dying Giant.

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Tauroctony relief in peperino from near Vicus Matrini, Via Cassia

A badly damaged tauroctony relief carved in peperino, fixed high into a wall of the old farm known as Le Capanacce on the Via Cassia near Vicus Matrini in Etruria, showing Mithras as a bullkiller in a vaulted cave with serpent, the head and left arm of the god lost…

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Tauroctony from Nesce

The relief of Mithras slaying the bull of Nersae includes several episodes from the exploits of the solar god.

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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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