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Hercules and Cerberus from Stockstadt

Fragment of a red sandstone relief from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt showing Hercules dragging a collared Cerberus from a cave while holding a club

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Ritual banquet relief from Stockstadt

Yellow sandstone relief from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt showing six bearded, draped figures reclining at a ritual banquet

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Sol in quadriga from Stockstadt

Damaged red sandstone statue from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt depicting the naked Sol standing in a four-horse chariot, head and arms lost

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Fragmentary base inscription from Stockstadt

Fragmentary inscription from the base of a statue at Mithraeum I, Stockstadt, found in context but formerly misattributed to the praetorium

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Base with serpent from Stockstadt

Red sandstone base from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt preserving the feet of a standing figure beside part of a serpent, possibly Aion

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Rock-birth torso from Stockstadt

White sandstone fragment from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt preserving the naked torso of a male with raised arms, interpreted as Mithras' rock-birth

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Altar of Perpetuus the haruspex from Stockstadt

Votive altar from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt, dedicated to Deo invicto Mithrae by Perpetuus, a haruspex, at his own expense

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Wind-god bust from Stockstadt

Fragment of a sandstone relief from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt depicting a beardless figure in a velum, identified as a wind or winter deity

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Great tauroctony from Stockstadt

Large red sandstone tauroctony relief from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt, mostly thrown into the river Main when the sanctuary was destroyed

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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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Tauroctony from Palermo

The assumed find-place of the Mithras Tauroctonus of Palermo is uncertain.

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Tauroctony relief from Biljanovac

White marble tauroctony relief in several fragments from the Mithraeum at Biljanovac, Moesia Superior, depicting the standard bull-slaying with the full iconographic programme.

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Altar with Naturae or Transitu from Biljanovac

Marble altar from the Mithraeum at Biljanovac, Moesia Superior, with its shaft hollowed out at the sides; the inscription is fragmentary and the dedicatee — either Natura or Transitus — cannot be determined.

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Tauroctony relief from Biljanovac

White marble tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Biljanovac, Moesia Superior, depicting the standard bull-slaying with torchbearers and Sol and Luna busts in the upper corners.

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Ritual lamps and cult equipment from Rudchester

Stone lamp installation, vessels and bronze chain links associated with ritual activity inside the Mithraeum of Vindobala.

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Stone laver from Rudchester

Sandstone ritual basin discovered in situ beside the north bench of the Vindobala Mithraeum.

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Heads of torchbearers from Rudchester

Sculpted stone heads and statue fragments belonging to Mithraic torchbearers from the nave of the Vindobala Mithraeum.

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Destroyed cult statue from Rudchester

Mithraic statue from Vindobala discovered in 1844 and subsequently broken up.

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Uninscribed altars from Rudchester

Group of five uninscribed ritual altars discovered at different points inside the Mithraeum of Vindobala.

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Bull relief fragment from Aquileia

Fragmentary marble relief with the hind legs of a bull once interpreted as Mithraic but considered doubtful by Vermaseren.

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