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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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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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Mithraeum of S. Oancea

The remains of this Mithraeum were discovered in 1930 in the Cetatea district of Alba Iulia, ancient Apulum.

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Marble relief fragment of Mithras from Apulum

This marble fragment from Apulum preserves the head of Mithras beneath an arch together with a raven and the remains of Sol’s radiate crown.

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Scratched words of Kamerios

'Hail to Kamerios the Pater' can be read on one of the walls of the mithraeum at Dura Europos.

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Relief of Jupiter, Juno and Minerva from the Caelian Mithraeum

This marble relief bears an inscription by Marcus Modius Agatho, who dedicated several monuments to Mithras on the Caelian Hill in Rome.

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Goblet from Angers

The spherical ceramic cup found at the Mithraeum in Angers bears an inscription to the unconquered god Mithras.

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Slab of the astrologer Maximus of Milan

Marcus Valerius Maximus records in this inscription his knowledge of astrology as well as the name of his wife.

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Tauroctony from Jajce

The relief of Mithras killing the bull from the Jajce Mithraeum is walled into the cult niche and surmounted by a roof.

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Column with inscription from Dura Europos

The inscription pays homage to the emperor, probably Caracalla, to Mithras, the fathers, the petitor and the syndexioi.

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Inscription by Proficentius, Rome

This marble slab bears an inception be the Pater Proficentius to whom Mithras has suggested to build and devote a temple.

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The Acosolium of the Mysteries in the Hypogeum of Vibia

The epigrahy includes a mention of Marcus Aurelius, a priest of the god Sol Mithras, who bestowed joy and pleasure on his students.

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Fresco with tauroctony and seven cypresses

This enigmatic fresco on top of the main tauroctony shows Mithras killing the bull, accompanied by Cautes and Cautopates, surrounded by burning altars and cypress trees.

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Aion of Florence

The sculpture of Aion from Florence, Italy, has the usual serpent, coiled six times on its body, whose head rests on that of the god of eternal time.

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Painted niche decoration from the Dura Europos Mithraeum

Around the niche of the Dura Europos Mithraeum fragments of a series of small paintings set in a semicircular band of panels were found.

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Mithraeum of Andros

An inscription by a certain Aurelius Rufinus reveals the existence of a Mithraeum on the island of Andros, but it has not yet been found.

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