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Rock-cut Mithraeum near Prozor

Natural rock enclosure at a quarter-hour's walk from Veliki Vitalj near Prozor, Dalmatia, used as a Mithraic sanctuary, with a tauroctony carved directly into the rock.

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Tauroctony relief from Sinać

Yellow limestone tauroctony relief found in the bed of the brook Obdulje at Sinać near Otočac in the Lika, Dalmatia, depicting the standard bull-slaying scene.

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Inscription of Octavius Geminus from Rab

Altar found at Rab, ancient Arba in Dalmatia, in 1867, bearing a dedication to Invicto by Octavius Geminus; the Mithraic attribution is uncertain.

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Supposed Mithraeum from Saint Pierre de Messeane

Structure in the Tarn region initially reported as a Mithraeum but later identified as an ordinary silo.

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Tauroctony vase from Lezoux

Decorated ceramic vessel showing Mithras slaying the bull together with torchbearers, zodiacal motifs and figures of abundance.

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Lion head possibly linked to Mithras from Vichy

Sculpted lion’s head from Vichy tentatively described as Mithraic in regional archaeological literature.

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Statue fragment from Praeneste

Fragment of a white marble statue of Mithras tauroktonos with dog, serpent and scorpion, upper body and right leg missing, found at Praeneste (modern Palestrina).

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Limestone head with Phrygian cap from Egypt

Limestone head with Phrygian cap, possibly depicting Mithras, found in Egypt (possibly Alexandria), now in Tübingen, 2nd–3rd century A.D.

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Tauroctony slab from Golubić

Two white limestone blocks from Golubić near Bihać, Dalmatia, depicting the standard Mithraic tauroctony scene.

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Possible Mithraeum at Golubić

Foundations of a rectangular building (10 × 6 m) and a front-stone fragment at Golubić near Bihać, Dalmatia, suggesting the existence of a Mithraic sanctuary.

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Graffito on the sacred nitre

Greek ritual graffito scratched on wall plaster in the Mithraeum of Dura-Europos, mentioning the “fiery exhalation” and the “sacred nitre” of the Magi.

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First Tauroctony relief of Dura Europos

One of the reliefs of the Dura Europos tauroctonies includes several characters with their respective names.

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Mitreo di Ponza

This Mithraic shrine on the island of Ponza is renowned for its exceptional stucco zodiac and astral symbolism linked to Roman Mithaism.

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Mithraeum of S. Oancea

The remains of this Mithraeum were discovered in 1930 in the Cetatea district of Alba Iulia, ancient Apulum.

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Marble relief fragment of Mithras from Apulum

This marble fragment from Apulum preserves the head of Mithras beneath an arch together with a raven and the remains of Sol’s radiate crown.

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Scratched words of Kamerios

'Hail to Kamerios the Pater' can be read on one of the walls of the mithraeum at Dura Europos.

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La grotta del Mitreo

The site was destroyed in the 5th century but some elements, including the benches, can still been seen.

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Relief of Jupiter, Juno and Minerva from the Caelian Mithraeum

This marble relief bears an inscription by Marcus Modius Agatho, who dedicated several monuments to Mithras on the Caelian Hill in Rome.

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Inscription by Aurelius Rufinus from Andros

This inscription reveals the existence of a Mithraeum on the island of Andros, Greece, which has not yet been found.

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