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Syndexios

Titus Flavius Saturninus

Veteran recalled to imperial service and sole named devotee of Mithras currently attested at Grumentum.

Monumentum

Tauroctony from Chrestos

This relief of Mithras killing the bull, signed by a certain Χρῆστος, is on display in the Sala dei Animali of the Vatican Museum.

Monumentum

Altar from Grumentum

This altar from Grumentum in Lucania was dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras by Titus Flavius Saturninus, an evocatus in imperial service.

Syndexios

Publius Anthius Logus

Pater sacrorum attested in a funerary inscription from Murviel-lès-Montpellier, probably connected with the Mithraic community of Nemausus.

Monumentum

Tauroctony relief from Verona

A white marble tauroctony relief of unknown provenance, now preserved in the Lapidary Museum of Verona, depicting the standard Mithraic bull-slaying scene.

Monumentum

Cautopates relief from Heddernheim

Fragment of a sandstone relief from Nida-Heddernheim depicting the torchbearer Cautopates.

Monumentum

Bronze torchbearer from the Cabinet des Médailles

Small bronze torchbearer statuette in Oriental dress from the Cabinet des Médailles, with restored feet and a missing torch-bearing arm.

Monumentum

Bronze torchbearer from the Cabinet des Médailles

Bronze torchbearer statuette in a short tunic from the Cabinet des Médailles, holding an upraised torch.

Monumentum

Bronze torchbearers from the Cabinet des Médailles

Pair of bronze torchbearer statuettes in Oriental dress from the Cabinet des Médailles, originally belonging to the same sculptural group.

Monumentum

Chalcedony tauroctony gem from Paris

Fragment of yellowish chalcedony in the Cabinet des Médailles, Paris, formerly in the Millingen collection, depicting the standard tauroctony.

Monumentum

Tauroctony carnelian from Epidaurum

White carnelian with red stripes, reportedly acquired at Epidaurum, depicting what may be Mithras as bull-slayer before a burning altar surmounted by a crescent and a nine-rayed star.

Monumentum

Tauroctony jasper gem in the Cairo Museum

Oval jasper gem in the Cairo Museum depicting Mithras slaying the bull with Sol, Luna, a leontocephalic figure and seven stars.

Monumentum

Seated Mother-goddess from the Carrawburgh Mithraeum

A small stone pedestal and the fallen statue of a seated Mother-goddess from the Mithraeum at Procolitia (modern Carrawburgh), depicting a figure of ungainly proportions enfolding in her arms a basket resting on her knees, found in the corner behind the screen at the east end of the temple…

Monumentum

Inscription in tabula ansata from the Walbrook Mithraeum, London

A marble fragment with an inscription in a tabula ansata from the Mithraeum at Walbrook in London, reading [Au]gggg(ustis) invicto..., a dedication to the Invincible probably addressing multiple emperors.

Monumentum

Tauroctony relief fragment from Pula

A fragmentary limestone tauroctony relief found on the south slope of the Castellhügel at Pola (modern Pula) during the demolition of a wall, now in the Lapidary Museum at Pula, preserving the bull's body, the dog, the serpent, the scorpion and a standing cross-legged torchbearer…

Monumentum

Inscription to Sol from Aquileia

A brief inscribed fragment found in the ruins of the Temple of Isis at Aquileia, attesting to the veneration of Sol in proximity to the Isiac sanctuary.

Monumentum

Altar of Varia Severa, daughter of Quintus, from Milan

An altar found at Milan (ancient Mediolanum), dedicated to the Invincible Mithras by Varia Severa, daughter of Quintus; because the dedicant is a woman, Cumont suggests it may alternatively be dedicated to the Dis Manibus.

Monumentum

Tauroctony small fragment from unknown provenance

Marble tauroctony relief fragment from an unknown provenance, preserving part of Mithras's body, his right arm and dagger, and his left arm grasping the bull by the nostrils.

Monumentum

Tauroctony upper body fragment from unknown provenance

Limestone tauroctony relief fragment of unknown provenance, preserving the upper part of Mithras as bull-slayer with the flying cloak on which the raven is perched.

Monumentum

Tauroctony upper right from unknown provenance

Limestone tauroctony relief fragment of unknown provenance, preserving the upper part of the right torchbearer of a bull-slaying scene.

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