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The New Mithraeum Database

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Sol and Luna fenster from Rome

Fragments of a marble relief of Sol, which probably served as a fenster.

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Stone tauroctony relief from Rome

Roman stone low-relief depicting Mithras as a bull-slayer, with the upper part of his head missing.

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Marble statues of Cautes and Cautopates from Rusicade

Two marble statues of Cautes and Cautopates discovered in the Mithraeum of Rusicade, accompanied by symbolic animals including a lion, scorpion, dolphin and bird.

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Cautopates with a hooked stick from Nida

This Cautopates from Nida carries the usual downward torch in his right hand and a hooked stick in his left.

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Prostrate figure fresco from Capua Vetere

Representation of a person lying prostrate on the ground between two other walking figures on the Mitreo of Santa Capua Vetere.

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Marble statue of Fortuna from Luna

Upper part of a marble statue of Fortuna from Luna.

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Pair of limestone lions from Scarbantia

Two limestone sculptures depicting a recumbent lion and a lioness stood near the entrance of the Mithraeum of Fertőrákos, positioned at the threshold of the sanctuary.

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Mithraic stele from Alba Iulia

Mithraic stele, from Alba Iulia, Romania, with inscription.

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Statue of a mother goddess with child

This unusual statue in Mithraic iconography of a mother nursing a child was found in the vestibule of the Mithraeum of Dieburg.

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Zodiac stucco of Ponza

Solis invicti Mithrae studiosus astrologiae who was at the same time ’caelo devotus et astris’.

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Fragmentary statue of Mithras Tauroctonos from Rusicade

Fragment of a white marble statue of Mithras killing the bull from Rusicade, today Skikda, Algeria.

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Marble statue of Cautopates with owl from Rome

White marble statue of Cautopates with crossed legs, accompanied by an owl beside a tree trunk.

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Marble statue of Cautopates from Rome

White marble statue of Cautopates found in Rome.

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Arm with stars and a swastika

This bronze arm, with stars and a swastika, was once thought to be part of a Mithras statuette but has since been dismissed as unrelated to the Mithras cult.

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Sandstone petrogenesis from Carnuntum

Sandstone petrogenesis from Petronell-Carnuntum (Lower Austria), depicting Mithras emerging from the rock, preserved from the knees upwards.

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Sandstone tauroctony relief from Carnuntum

Sandstone relief of Mithras killing the bull, broken in two parts and partly restored, with dog, serpent and scorpion preserved; formerly in Vienna, now on loan to the Museum Carnuntinum.

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Limestone fragment from Porêts

Fragment of limestone from Porêts, which was used in the 4th century.

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Altar of Chrestion from Alba Iulia

In 1852, Károly Pap, a naval captain, unearthed several Mithraic monuments in his garden at Marospartos, including this altar.

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Tauroctony from Santo Stefano Rotondo

The relief of Mithras killing the bull of Stefano Rotodon preserves part of his polycromy and depicts two unusual figures: Hesperus and an owl.

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A man is initiated into the Mysteries of Mithras

This is the first of several fresco scenes depicting the initiation of a new member in a mithraic community, in Capua Vetere.

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