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Square base from a possible Mithraeum at Trento

A square base found in 1868 near the Sardagna waterfall at San Niccolò beside the ancient Roman road in Trento (ancient Tridentum), in ground full of debris suggesting a nearby necropolis and possibly a Mithraeum.

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Temple of Sol inscription from Como, dedicated under Diocletian

An inscription recording the completion and dedication of the Temple of Sol at Como by T. Flavius Postumius Titianus, corrector of Italy, by order of the emperors Diocletian and Maximian, with Axilius the Younger as curator of the city of the Comenses.

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Marble altar base with mythological reliefs from the Angera Mithraeum

A white marble altar base from the Mithraeum at Angera, decorated with palmettes, eagles carrying a festoon and rosettes on the front, dolphins on the reverse, and on each side mythological scenes of Jupiter and Neptune combatting Giants with snake-feet.

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Six decorated marble columns from the Angera Mithraeum

Six small marble columns found in the Mithraeum at Angera in northern Italy: two plain-fluted, two carved with palm stems and lion's and Gorgon's heads alternating on the upper ledge, and two with serpentine coils and griffins flanking an amphora…

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Inscription "Deo Soli" dedicated by the res publica from Brescia

An inscription found in the old monastery of San Giulia in Brescia (ancient Brixia), in the arch supporting the crypt of Santa Maria in Solario, recording a dedication to Deus Sol by the res publica.

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Cautes torchbearer relief fragment from Ganaceto near Modena

A white marble relief fragment found in a house at Ganaceto near Modena in 1845, now in the Museo Lapidario in Modena, showing Cautes in Eastern attire and anaxyrides cross-legged, with a fragment of Mithras' flying cloak according to Cumont.

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Possible Mithraeum remains from San Zeno, near Trento

Wall remnants found deep underground at San Zeno near Trento, possibly indicating a Mithraeum, discovered alongside Roman coins, lost bronze figures and a small gold disc decorated with an ear of corn or a sword.

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Inscription of Marius from San Zeno di Romedio, near Trento

A fragmentary inscription on the lower border of the limestone tauroctony relief from San Zeno di Romedio near Trento, partially reading a dedication to the Invincible Mithras by Marius.

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Inscription "Deo Invicto Mithrae" from San Zeno, near Trento

A brief inscription reading "Deo Invicto Mithrae", found in the ruins of the Castello di Tuenno near San Zeno at the entry to the Tovel valley in Trentino, alongside the decorated relief No. 723.

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Fahim Ennouhi

Scholar specializing in the history of ancient North Africa, with a particular interest in the Oriental cults (Anatolian, Egyptian, Syrian, and Iranian) that spread throughout this region.

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Coin hoard from Saarburg Mithraeum

A collection of 284 coins, spanning from 254 to 395 AD and mostly of the fourth century, found in the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica, indicating that the sanctuary was founded under the Severan dynasty and destroyed in the fourth century…

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Bound skeleton found on main relief fragment at Saarburg Mithraeum

A skeleton of a man aged approximately thirty to forty years, with arms tied behind his back and wrists bound with an iron chain, found lying on a fragment of the main relief at the back of the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica…

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Animal bones from ritual deposits at Saarburg Mithraeum

Numerous animal bones including birds, beasts of prey, and the muzzle of a wild boar, found as ritual deposits in the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica.

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Fragmentary altar bases from Saarburg Mithraeum

Several fragmentary stone bases and altars without identifying marks, one of which has a semicircular hole in one of its sides, found in the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica.

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Naked torso possibly of rock-birth Mithras from Saarburg Mithraeum

A naked torso of a robust figure, preserved as far as the navel with head and arms lost, from the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica, possibly representing the rock-birth of Mithras.

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Fragment of Mercury with bird from Saarburg Mithraeum

A fragment from the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica, showing a standing naked man with a bird, possibly a cock, on his left arm, tentatively identified as Mercury, with the head, hands, and parts of the legs lost.

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Relief fragment of naked man from Saarburg Mithraeum

The right lower corner of a relief fragment from the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica, showing a standing naked man holding his hands crosswise on his breast, with the upper part and head lost.

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Bronze lioness head fragments from Angleur

Two fragments of a bronze statuette of a lioness, with the head preserved but the mouth lost, from the Mithraic sanctuary at Angleur near Liège in Belgica.

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Bronze wind-god slabs from Angleur

Three small bronze slabs bearing roughly modelled bearded heads of wind-gods, each with a wing on the head, with iron hooks on the reverse for fastening, found at the Mithraic sanctuary at Angleur near Liège in Belgica.

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Cautopates fragment on terra-sigillata from Alesia

Five fragments of a red terra-sigillata vessel showing Cautopates with his torch pointing downwards, in Eastern attire and cross-legged, with the hoof of the bull's hindleg before him, found at Alesia (Mont-Auxois) in Lugdunensis.

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