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Base with serpent from Stockstadt

Red sandstone base from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt preserving the feet of a standing figure beside part of a serpent, possibly Aion

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Rock-birth fragment from Mithraeum I, Stockstadt

Two white sandstone fragments from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt possibly depicting a rock with part of a serpent, relating to Mithras' birth

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Rock-birth torso from Stockstadt

White sandstone fragment from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt preserving the naked torso of a male with raised arms, interpreted as Mithras' rock-birth

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Mithras and kneeling Sol from Stockstadt

Red sandstone relief from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt depicting Mithras in Oriental dress approaching kneeling Sol with outstretched arms

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Mithras carrying the bull from Stockstadt

Grey sandstone relief from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt showing Mithras in Oriental dress walking to the right while carrying a bull on his shoulders

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Cautes with pedum from Mithraeum I, Stockstadt

Sandstone stele from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt depicting Cautes cross-legged in Oriental dress, resting his left hand on a pedum

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Cautopates with pedum from Mithraeum I, Stockstadt

Sandstone stele from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt showing Cautopates in Oriental dress, cross-legged, holding a burning torch down and resting on a pedum

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Cautes stele from Mithraeum I, Stockstadt

Lower portion of a red sandstone stele of Cautes from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt, cross-legged, with a dedicatory inscription on the base

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Cautopates stele from Mithraeum I, Stockstadt

Red sandstone stele from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt depicting Cautopates in Oriental dress, cross-legged, holding a downward torch

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Double-sided relief from Mithraeum I, Stockstadt

Double-sided white sandstone relief from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt, with Mithraic imagery on both faces

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Wind-god bust from Stockstadt

Fragment of a sandstone relief from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt depicting a beardless figure in a velum, identified as a wind or winter deity

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Great tauroctony from Stockstadt

Large red sandstone tauroctony relief from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt, mostly thrown into the river Main when the sanctuary was destroyed

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Inscription of Fructosus in Ostia

The inscription is carved into two pieces of marble cornice.

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Zodiacal bronze plaques from Ostia

Series of small bronze plaques depicting zodiac signs and planetary figures discovered in Ostia and possibly connected with the decoration of a Mithraic sanctuary.

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Temple restoration altar for Septimius Severus from Stix-Neusiedl

Marble votive altar from Stix-Neusiedl, Pannonia Superior, recording that Valerius and Valerianus restored a collapsed Mithraic temple at their own expense for the welfare of Emperor Lucius Septimius; red-painted lettering is preserved.

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Tauroctony relief with raven on cloak from Stix-Neusiedl

White marble tauroctony relief from Stix-Neusiedl, Pannonia Superior, depicting Mithras killing the bull with the raven perched on the rim of the god's flying cloak — an unusual detail placing the raven on the cloak rather than on the grotto border…

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Two marble heads of Mithras from Ostia

Two marble heads from Ostia, including a youthful figure wearing a Phrygian cap and another identified as Mithras-Helios.

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Limestone tauroctony relief from Aquincum

This limestone tauroctony from Aquincum preserves Mithras slaying the bull together with Cautopates, the serpent, the scorpion, and the legs of the raven.

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Mosaic of Silvanus from Ostia

This unusual mosaic representation of the god Silvanus was found in the Mithreaum of the so-called Imperial Palace in Ostia.

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Cippus from the Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte

This small monument bears the inscriptions of a certain Caelius Ermeros, antistes at the Mithraeum of the Painted Walls.

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