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The New Mithraeum Database

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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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Altar of Sextus Cornelius Antiochus from Salona

Altar from Salona, Dalmatia, found in 1884, dedicated by Sextus Cornelius Antiochus to Soli deo, who donated both a star and a fructifera — interpreted as Sol and Luna — following a vision.

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Zodiac fragment from Salona area

Oval relief fragment from the outskirts of Split near ancient Salona, Dalmatia, preserving two zodiacal signs — probably from a border decoration of a Mithraic monument.

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Bordered tauroctony relief from Salona

Right upper corner of a white marble bordered tauroctony relief from Salona or its surroundings, Dalmatia, with framing elements and part of the bull-slaying iconography.

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Bull's head fragment from Salona

Limestone relief fragment from Salona or its surroundings, Dalmatia, preserving a very fine bull's head and the left hand of Mithras.

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Standing figure relief from Salona

Right upper portion of a limestone relief from Salona or its surroundings, Dalmatia, depicting a standing figure — probably a torchbearer or divine attendant.

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Sol bust fragment from Salona

Left upper corner of a white marble relief from Salona, Dalmatia, found in 1895, preserving the bust of Sol in radiate crown.

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Rock-birth relief from Salona

White limestone relief fragment from the walls of Salona, Dalmatia, found in 1906, depicting naked Mithras being born from the rock with a dagger in his right hand and a torch in his left.

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Tauroctony lower corner from Salona

Left lower corner of a limestone tauroctony relief from Salona, Dalmatia, preserving the crossed legs of a torchbearer and the grotto base.

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Tauroctony fragment from Salona

Limestone tauroctony relief fragment from Salona, Dalmatia, preserving the foremost part of the bull, the dog, the serpent, and part of Mithras's dagger hand.

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Tauroctony relief with pensive Cautopates from Ruše

Marble tauroctony relief from Ruše, Noricum, showing a grotto scene in which Cautopates holds the torch downward against the rocky ground and supports his head with his left hand in a pensive attitude; the upper left corner preserves a bust of Sol.

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Weathered tauroctony relief from Ruše

Small marble tauroctony relief from Ruše, Noricum, badly weathered, depicting the bull-slaying in a grotto-like niche with cross-legged torchbearers on bases.

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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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Zodiacal tauroctony relief from Friedberg

Small marble relief of Mithras slaying the bull within a wreath decorated with zodiac signs.

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Supposed Mithraeum of Saalburg

Elongated cult building near the Saalburg fort traditionally interpreted as a Mithraeum but later reconsidered as a possible funerary enclosure.

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Mithraic reliefs from Arsameia

Commagenean sanctuary preserving relief fragments of Mithras greeting royal figures at the hierothesion of Mithridates Kallinikos.

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Mithraeum of Lambaesis

The Mithraeum of Tazoult / Lambèse is one of the best preserved Mithras’s temples in Africa.

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Mithraeum of Crimea

The site of Ay-Todor in Crimea revealed a Roman camp, a temple with votive offerings, and a Mithraeum.

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Mithraeum of Dura Europos

The most emblematic of the Syrian Mithraea was discovered in 1933 by a team led by the Russian historian Mikhaïl Rostovtzeff.

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Mitreo d’Ottaviano Zeno

A probable Mithraic sanctuary near Santa Maria in Domnica on the Caelian Hill, known from a group of dispersed reliefs formerly owned by Ottaviano Zeno.

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