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The New Mithraeum Database

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Your search Joseph de Hammer-Purgstall gave 40 results.

 
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Tauroctony from Ottaviano Zeno

In this relief of Mithras as bull slayer, recorded in 1562 in the collection of A. Magarozzi, Cautes and Cautopates have been replaced by trees still bearing the torches.

 
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Tauroctony from Monreale

On one of the capitals of the cathedral of Santa Maria Nuova in Monreale, Sicily, an unusual turbaned bull-slaying Mithras has been recorded.

 
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Tauroctony from Capri

It is not certain that the marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was found on Capri, in the cave of Matromania, where a Mithraeum could have been established.

 
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Cautes of Transylvania

There are no further details about this Mithraic statue from Transylvania, the historical region of central Romania.

 
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Tauroctony from Villa Borghese

This is one of the three reliefs of Mithras as a bullkiller from the Villa Borghese collection that belong to the Louvre museum, now in the Louvre Abu Dhabi.

 
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Tauroctony from Alba Iulia with collared dog

This relief of Mithras killing the bull from Apulum, now Alba Iulia, Romania, contains several scenes from the Mithras legend.

 
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Tauroctony from Euhemerus from Alba Iulia

Several authors read the name Suaemedus instead of Euhemerus as the author of this mithraic relief from Alba Iulia, Romania.

 
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Tauroctony relief from Ladenburg

The Tauroctony from Landerburg, Germany, shows a naked Mithras only accompanied by his fellow Cautes.

 
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Tauroctony from Euthices from Apulum

This marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was made by a freedman who dedicated it to his old masters.

 
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Cautopates with a hooked stick of Nida

This Cautopates from Nida carries the usual downward torch in his right hand and a hooked stick in his left.

 
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Dedication inscription from Koenigshoffen Mithraeum

The inscription reports the restoration of the coloured painting of the main relief of the Mithraeum by a veteran of the Legio VIII Augusta.

 
Notitia

Mithras in Hispania

On the occasion of the discovery of a Mithraeum in Cabra, Spain, we talk to Jaime Alvar, a leading figure in the field of Mithraism. With him, we examine the testimonies known to date and the peculiarities of the cult of Mithras in Hispania.

 
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Grand camée de France

Some authors have speculated that the flying figure dressed in oriental style and holding a globe could be Mithras.

 
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Intaglio with Mithras and Kabiros

This intaglio with Mithras killing the bull on one side and Kabiros on the other was probably used as a magical amulet.

 
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Tauroctony from Sarrebourg

The Tauroctony of Saarbourg (Sarrebourg, ancient Pons Sarravi), France, contains most of Mithras deeds known in a single relief.

 
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Mithras petrogenitus from Villa Giustiniani

Mithras rock-born from Villa Giustiniani was holding a bunch of grapes in its raised right hand instead of a torch, probably due to a restoration.

 
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Tarouctony of the Palazzo San Marco

This sculpture of Mithras slaying the bull was bequeathed to the Republic of Venice in 1793 by Ambassador Girolamo Zulian.

 
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CIMRM 617

Relief (H. 0.73 Br. 0.96) of bluish marble.

 
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CIMRM 616

Fragment of a white marble relief (H. about 0.60 Br. about 0.67).

 
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CIMRM 533

Marble relief (H. 0.70 Br. 0.96).

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