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The New Mithraeum Database

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Tauroctony upper corner from Drubeta

Left upper corner of a white marble tauroctony relief from the Roman camp at Drubeta, Dacia, found in 1896–99, preserving the grotto border and, outside it, Sol in his quadriga with cracking whip.

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Tauroctony relief from Oarda de Sus

Small relief found in 1956 at Oarda de Sus near Alba Julia, Dacia, framed by a border; the upper part depicts the dressed bust of Mithras in Phrygian cap, the lower portion the bull-slaying scene.

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Sandstone fragment from Konjic

Small red sandstone fragment from the Mithraeum at Konjic, Dalmatia, preserving an oblong object — possibly an arm — within a border.

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Tauroctony relief with inscription from Modrič

Marble tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Modrič, Pannonia Superior, with Cautopates and Cautes flanking the bull-slaying scene and a dedication inscribed in the lower border.

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Terracotta plate with Jupiter graffito from Linz

Three-fragment terracotta plate from the Mithraeum at Linz, ancient Lentia, with a seven-hole border and a graffito in the centre invoking Iupiter Optimus Maximus; found in the second room of the sanctuary.

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Possible Mithraeum at Nyon

Underground oblong room at Nyon, ancient Colonia Iulia Equestris, situated on the edge of a second Forum dating to the second half of the first century AD, with a series of pillars along the side walls consistent with Mithraic architecture; its interpretation as a Mithraeum remains tentative…

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Aion torso from Königshoffen

Stone torso of a naked winged figure from the Mithraeum at Königshoffen, identified as Aion; the head is lost, but remnants of a wing survive at the right shoulder, and the statue likely stood on a preserved base with traces of two feet.

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Tauroctony relief reconstruction from Mackwiller

Reconstructed tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Mackwiller, assembled from multiple stone fragments and preserving Mithras's head, shoulders, dagger hand, flying cloak, and parts of the bull and torchbearers.

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Tauroctony relief from Fellbach

Large grey sandstone tauroctony relief from Fellbach near Cannstatt, depicting the bull-slaying in a vaulted grotto with torchbearers, Sol, Luna, and subsidiary Mithraic scenes along the border.

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Graffito vase from Rheinzabern

Terra-sigillata vase from Rheinzabern, ancient Tabernae, bearing a Mithraic graffito on its flat border.

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Tauroctony relief from Hölzern

Badly damaged red sandstone relief from Hölzern, Germania Superior, depicting the standard bull-slaying scene; possibly forming part of the border zone of a larger composition.

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Head in Phrygian cap from Rothselberg

Stone head in a Phrygian cap found near Rothselberg in 1894, preserved in the Historisches Museum der Pfalz at Speyer, looking upwards

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Mithras carrying the bull from Dieburg

Red sandstone relief from the Mithraeum at Dieburg showing Mithras in Oriental dress carrying the bull on his shoulders

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Painted planetary figures on the benches of the Spoleto Mithraeum

Two surviving wall paintings from the side-benches of the Mithraeum at Spoleto, out of an original six, depicting a cloaked bearded man identified as Saturn holding a sickle and a youth in a red shoulder-cape holding a money-bag, probably representing the seven planets…

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Lost Mithras relief from the Villa Borghese, Rome

A lost Mithraic relief formerly at the Villa Borghese in Rome, known only through a brief mention in early modern antiquarian literature and no longer traceable.

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Marble slab fragment with leaping ox from Rome

Fragment of a grey marble slab formerly in the Palazzo Caponii and now in the Vatican Musea, Galleria Lapidaria, with an inscription on two arched borders and a leaping ox in the blank space.

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Very small relief of Mithras slaying the bull, Aventine, Rome

Very small relief showing Mithras slaying the bull, with some figures preserved on the broken lower border, from the Aventine sanctuary in Rome.

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Marble statue of naked Venus wringing her hair, Caracalla Mithraeum, Rome

Marble statue of Venus entirely naked in the act of leaving her bath, wringing her hair which streams over her shoulders, with a dolphin by her side, found in the small room of the Caracalla Mithraeum; the head is lost.

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Fresco fragment from Capua

Fresco showing a mystagogus pressing down the shoulders of a kneeling myste, attended by a third figure in Phrygian cap, from the initiation sequence of the Mithraeum of Capua.

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Marble head from Cyrene

Marble head with locks of hair and Phrygian cap, probably depicting Mithras as bull-killer, found under the threshold of the Iseum at Cyrene.

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