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Altar of Publius Aelius Attalus from Aquincum

Altar from Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior, dedicated to Invicto Mitrae by Publius Aelius Attalus.

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Altar of Caius Flavius Avitus from Aquincum

Altar from Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior, dedicated to Soli invicto Mithrae sacrum by Caius Flavius Avitus, beneficiarius consularis.

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Terracotta goddess with child from Aquincum

Terracotta relief from Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior, depicting a Venus-like goddess in the company of a child holding a fruit basket; its association with the Mithraeum is probable but not certain.

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Altar of Caelius Anicetus from near Mithraeum III, Aquincum

Inscription from Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior, dedicated to Deo invicto Mithrae by Caelius Anicetus with his son.

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Altar of Caius Iulius Primus to Sol from Aquincum

Altar from Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior, dedicated to Sol deo sacrum by Caius Iulius Primus, decorated between two rosettes with a bunch of grapes.

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Note on possible Mithraeum I attribution

Observation that two altars dedicated by Caius Iulius Primus to Sol deo sacrum at Aquincum may belong either to Mithraeum I or to Mithraeum III.

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Altar of a decurio from Mithraeum I, Aquincum

Altar from Mithraeum I at Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior, dedicated by a decurio of the municipium Aquincum who held the rank of duumvir iure dicundo and praefectus collegii fabrum.

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Ram’s head from Saalburg

Sculpted ram’s head discovered among the finds from the supposed Mithraic sanctuary.

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Altar to Mercury from Saalburg

Fragmentary inscribed altar dedicated to Mercury from the Saalburg sanctuary area.

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Serpent-vases and ritual pottery from Saalburg

Assemblage of lamps, serpent-vases and painted ritual pottery from the sanctuary complex.

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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.

Locus

Anazarbus (Dilekkaya)

Anazarbus was an ancient Cilician city. Under the late Roman Empire, it was the capital of Cilicia Secunda.

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Tauroctony relief of Sarmizegetusa

This relief of Mithras slaying the bull incorporates the scene of the god carrying the bull and its birth from a rock.

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Fragment of a Mithraic tauroctony from Dacia

This marble fragment from Roman Dacia preserves part of a tauroctony with Sol, the raven, and Mithras dragging the bull.

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Tauroctonic medallion from Caesarea Maritima

The small medallion depicts three scenes from the life of Mithras, including the Tauroctony. It may come from the Danube area.

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Altar from Sarmizegetusa by Hermadio

This altar was erected by Hermadio, who also signed other monuments in Dacia and even in Rome.

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Altar of Sextus Syntrophus

This altar to Invictus Mythra (sic) was found in 1867 in ancient Maros Portum, now Sighișoara, Romania.

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Two-sided relief from Rückingen

This remarkable double-sided relief depicts the myth of Mithras and the Tauroctony on one side, and a scene of Mithras the hunter and the banquet of Mithras and the Sol on the other.

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Cautes from Mérida

This nude male figure, found at Cerro de San Albín, Mérida, has been identified as Cautes.

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Aion gold figurine from Geneva

This small golden figurine seems to represent the Mithraic god Aion, as usual surrounded by a serpent.

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