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The New Mithraeum Database

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Rectangular tauroctony from Sarmizegetusa

Rectangular white marble tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, depicting Mithras killing the bull with dog, serpent, and scorpion.

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Round-framed tauroctony from Sarmizegetusa

Five fragments of a whitish-yellow marble tauroctony from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, with the central bull-slaying framed by a round border and the dagger of Mithras clearly visible.

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Lower tauroctony from Sarmizegetusa

Three fragments of a rectangular bluish marble tauroctony from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the lower and central portions of the bull-slaying with Cautopates.

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Primitive tauroctony relief from Sarmizegetusa

Yellowish marble tauroctony in two fragments from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, executed in a primitive style with the bull represented obliquely.

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Tauroctony with dog and scorpion from Sarmizegetusa

Bluish marble tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, depicting Mithras killing the bull with the dog, scorpion, and subsidiary scenes.

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Tauroctony lower portion from Sarmizegetusa

Two sandstone tauroctony relief fragments from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the lower right portion of the bull-slaying scene.

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Mithras torso in bullkiller posture from Sarmizegetusa

Two fragments of a bluish marble tauroctony from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the torso of Mithras in the bull-killing posture.

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Multi-scene tauroctony relief from Sarmizegetusa

Seven fragments of a white marble tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, depicting the central bull-slaying with a rich programme of subsidiary Mithraic scenes.

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Small marble tauroctony from Vintu de Jos

Marble tauroctony relief from Vintu de Jos near Apulum, Dacia, depicting the standard bull-slaying scene.

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Open-work tauroctony from Apulum

Fragment of an open-work marble tauroctony from the Mithraeum at Apulum, Dacia, preserving Mithras's head with only the snout of the bull; the relief is framed by a border.

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Tauroctony relief with raven on cloak from Stix-Neusiedl

White marble tauroctony relief from Stix-Neusiedl, Pannonia Superior, depicting Mithras killing the bull with the raven perched on the rim of the god's flying cloak — an unusual detail placing the raven on the cloak rather than on the grotto border…

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Tauroctony relief with long-necked bull from Ruše

Small marble tauroctony relief from Ruše, Noricum, depicting Mithras killing the bull in a grotto, notable for the unusually elongated neck of the bull; dog and serpent approach the wound, and the raven perches above.

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Two-register tauroctony from Philippopolis

Small arched marble tauroctony relief from Philippovtsi near Sofia, Thracia, divided into two parts by a horizontal rim.

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Relief of Mithras and Cautes from Aïtodor

Small surviving fragment depicting Mithras as bull-slayer together with the torchbearer Cautes.

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Tauroctony from Aigio

The Tauroctony of Patras was found years before the temple over which the relief of Mithras sacrificing the bull was supposed to preside.

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Tauroctony relief from Ladenburg

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

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Tauroctony from Mile, Jajce

This marble relief depicting Mithras as a bull-slayer was once owned by Major Holzhausen and Franz Cumont and is now housed at the Belgian Academy.

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Tauroctony from Gimmeldingen

This relief of Mithras killing the bull found in Gimmeldingen, Germany, lacks the usual raven.

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Sandstone tauroctony relief from Carnuntum

Sandstone relief of Mithras killing the bull, broken in two parts and partly restored, with dog, serpent and scorpion preserved; formerly in Vienna, now on loan to the Museum Carnuntinum.

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Tauroctony from Stixneusiedl

Limestone tauroctony relief from Carnuntum with traces of polychromy and a graffito on the bull’s neck. The inscribed base was carved separately.

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