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Tauroctony of Osterburken
Franz Cumont considers the bas relief of Osterburken 'the most remarkable of all the monuments of the cult of Mithras found up to now'.TNMM176 – CIMRM 1292, 1293
D[eo] S[oli] I[nvicto] M[ithrae] M[er?]catorius Castrensis in suo cons[ituit]. -
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Mithräum von Osterburken
The Mithraeum of Osterburken could not be excavated bodily owing to the water of a well in the immediate neighbourhood. The monument had been covered carefully with sand.TNMM70 – CIMRM 1291
SyndexiosMercatorius Castrensis
Offered the famous Tauroctony of Osterburken to the unconquerable sun god Mithras.-
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Mithras-Orion. Greek Hero and Roman Army God (1980)
The author of this ingenious memoir believes that the Greek myth of Orion is the very basis of Roman Mithriacism. His starting point is an astronomical interpretation of tauroctony. -
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Two-sided relief of Dieburg
The relief of Dieburg shows Mithras riding a horse as main figure, surrounded by several scenes of the myth.TNMM231 – CIMRM 1247
[Side A:] D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / Silves/trius / Silvi/nius et Silvestrius Pe[rpetus et A]urelius nepos / v(otum) s(olverunt) l(ibentes) l(aeti) m(erito). / Perpetus fra/te[r] artis sutor(iae). … -
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Tauroctony of Mithras and Tellus
This relief of Mithras slaying the bull is unique because of the representation of Tellus lying under the bull.TNMM623 – CIMRM 598
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Mithras hunting from Dura Europos
In this fresco from Dura Europos, Mithras is represented as a hunter accompanied by the lion and the serpent.TNMM286 – CIMRM 52
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Tauroctony of Santo Stefano Rotondo
The relief of Mithras killing the bull of Stefano Rotodon preserves part of his polycromy and depicts two unusual figures: Hesperus and an owl.TNMM365