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Inscription from Škrip on Brač

Altar found near Škrip on the island of Brač in 1899, bearing a dedication to Invicto deo; the Mithraic attribution and the expansion of i/d are uncertain.

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Altar of Iulius Bubulus from Brač

Inscription found at Škrip on the island of Brač, ancient Brattia in Dalmatia, in 1805, dedicated to Soli invicto Mithrae by Iulius Bubulus.

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Tauroctony relief from Gardun

Small limestone tauroctony relief fragment from Gardun near Sinj, ancient Aequum in Dalmatia, found in a field at Oglavak.

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Tauroctony relief from Sinać

Yellow limestone tauroctony relief found in the bed of the brook Obdulje at Sinać near Otočac in the Lika, Dalmatia, depicting the standard bull-slaying scene.

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Inscription of Octavius Geminus from Rab

Altar found at Rab, ancient Arba in Dalmatia, in 1867, bearing a dedication to Invicto by Octavius Geminus; the Mithraic attribution is uncertain.

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Supposed Mithraeum from Saint Pierre de Messeane

Structure in the Tarn region initially reported as a Mithraeum but later identified as an ordinary silo.

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Tauroctony vase from Lezoux

Decorated ceramic vessel showing Mithras slaying the bull together with torchbearers, zodiacal motifs and figures of abundance.

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Lion head possibly linked to Mithras from Vichy

Sculpted lion’s head from Vichy tentatively described as Mithraic in regional archaeological literature.

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Statue fragment from Praeneste

Fragment of a white marble statue of Mithras tauroktonos with dog, serpent and scorpion, upper body and right leg missing, found at Praeneste (modern Palestrina).

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Finds from Capua Mithraeum criptoporticus

Finds discovered near the crossing of the criptoporticus of the Mithraeum at Capua, including marble plate fragments, a tuff base, red lamps, and animal bones.

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Fresco fragment from Capua

Fresco showing a standing figure in a small cloak approached by two other persons, from the initiation sequence of the Mithraeum of Capua.

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Fresco of Cautopates from Capua

Fresco depicting Cautopates in Eastern attire between two laurels, cross-legged, pointing his torch downwards over a burning altar, from the Mithraeum of Capua.

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Limestone head with Phrygian cap from Egypt

Limestone head with Phrygian cap, possibly depicting Mithras, found in Egypt (possibly Alexandria), now in Tübingen, 2nd–3rd century A.D.

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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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Second tautoctony of Sî`

The second tauroctony of Jabal al-Druze seems to have be made by the same sculptor.

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Graffito on the sacred nitre

Greek ritual graffito scratched on wall plaster in the Mithraeum of Dura-Europos, mentioning the “fiery exhalation” and the “sacred nitre” of the Magi.

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First Tauroctony relief of Dura Europos

One of the reliefs of the Dura Europos tauroctonies includes several characters with their respective names.

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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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Tauroctony from Ottaviano Zeno

In this relief of Mithras as bull slayer, recorded in 1562 in the collection of A. Magarozzi, Cautes and Cautopates have been replaced by trees still bearing the torches.

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Mitreo di Ponza

This Mithraic shrine on the island of Ponza is renowned for its exceptional stucco zodiac and astral symbolism linked to Roman Mithaism.

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