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Marble altar base with mythological reliefs from the Angera Mithraeum

A white marble altar base from the Mithraeum at Angera, decorated with palmettes, eagles carrying a festoon and rosettes on the front, dolphins on the reverse, and on each side mythological scenes of Jupiter and Neptune combatting Giants with snake-feet.

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Cautes torchbearer relief fragment from Ganaceto near Modena

A white marble relief fragment found in a house at Ganaceto near Modena in 1845, now in the Museo Lapidario in Modena, showing Cautes in Eastern attire and anaxyrides cross-legged, with a fragment of Mithras' flying cloak according to Cumont.

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Cautopates fragment on terra-sigillata from Alesia

Five fragments of a red terra-sigillata vessel showing Cautopates with his torch pointing downwards, in Eastern attire and cross-legged, with the hoof of the bull's hindleg before him, found at Alesia (Mont-Auxois) in Lugdunensis.

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Tauroctony on red terra-sigillata cup from Alesia

A red terra-sigillata cup bearing a relief tauroctony of Mithras, with Cautes and Cautopates cross-legged on either side, found at Alesia (Mont-Auxois) in Lugdunensis and now kept at Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

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Unpublished Mithras vase or plate from Vienne

A vase or plate bearing a representation of Mithras, reported to be in the Archaeological Seminary of the University of Vienne (ancient Colonia Iulia Vienna Allobrogum) in Narbonensis, but unpublished at the time of Vermaseren's catalogue.

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Ara "Soli Invicto" thought to come from the Housesteads Mithraeum

An ara thought to originate from the Mithraic sanctuary at Borcovicium (modern Housesteads), bearing a fragmentary inscription dedicated to Sol Invictus.

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Altar of Valerianus dedicated to Cocidius and the Genius from the Housesteads Mithraeum

An altar found in 1822 at Borcovicium (modern Housesteads), recording a vow fulfilled by Valerianus, a soldier of the Sixth Victrix Legion, to Cocidius and the Genius of the garrison.

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Inscription of Herion dedicated to Sol from the Housesteads Mithraeum

The inscription on the altar No. 858 from the Mithraeum at Borcovicium (modern Housesteads), recording a vow willingly and with merit fulfilled by Herion to Sol.

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Limestone statue of Aion from the Housesteads Mithraeum

A limestone statue from the Mithraeum at Borcovicium (modern Housesteads), representing a standing male figure in short tunic with bare legs and feet, arms held tight along the body with clenched fists once holding attributes now lost, with part of a snake on his right arm…

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Relief fragment with Mithras' flying cloak from Aquileia

A small relief fragment from Aquileia, now in the Lapidary Museum at Trieste, preserving part of Mithras' flying cloak and the head of one of the torchbearers.

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Marble altar to Sol Invictus Mithras from Via Venti Settembre, Rome

A marble altar found in 1873 between the Baths of Diocletian and the Via di Porta Pia in Rome, dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras by Sextus with Titus Flavius Ianuarius as antistes.

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Funerary cippus of Sextineius Restitutus, pater sacrorum, Torre Pignatara

A marble funerary cippus from the Vigna Dionigi at Torre Pignatara outside Rome, dedicated to Sextineius Restitutus as most indulgent pater sacrorum by his children and mother, with a crown carved to the left of the final line.

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Funerary inscription of Equitius Arescon, pater sacrorum, Rome

A funerary inscription found in the Vigna Nari outside Rome in 1734, set up by Iunia Thallusa for her husband Equitius Arescon, who held the rank of pater sacrorum in the Mithraic mysteries.

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Base of Claudius Amerimnus the lictor from Rome

Flat marble base from Rome, with fragments of statue feet still resting on it, bearing a dedication to the Lord Sol in fulfilment of a vow by Claudius Amerimnus, a lictor curiatus.

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Marble head of Mithras from Rome

Marble head in the Museo Baracco, Rome, generally described as an Alexander but very probably representing Mithras with his eyes lifted towards heaven; the back of the head is finished obliquely with a small hole for fastening a Phrygian cap.

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Fragment of Mithras tauroktonos relief from Villa Wolkonsky, Rome

Fragment of a relief from the Villa Wolkonsky showing the usual representation of Mithras slaying the bull, with the dog, serpent and scorpion; the bull's head, Mithras' head and right foot are lost.

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Big limestone jar with Mithraic graffito from room Z, S. Prisca Mithraeum, Rome

Large limestone jar from room Z of the S. Prisca Mithraeum, fitted with a small cylindrical vase and a lid bearing the graffito "Te cauterio i Saturne i Ata[r i] Opi".

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Cautes of the mitreo di Santa Prisca

The marble statue of Cautes, found in the Mithraeum of Santa Prisca, was originally a Mercury.

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Marble base CIL VI 846 dedicated to Sol by C. Ruf. Volusianus, Aventine, Rome

Marble base found in 1764 on the Aventine with a dedication to Sol by C. Rufus Volusianus, vir clarissimus, who held the offices of pater, hierophant, prophet of Isis and pontifex of the Sun, dated to the 4th century A.D.

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Wall-painting of Mithras tauroktonos in the house of the Nummi Albani, Rome

Wall-painting of Mithras tauroktonos in fresco, discovered in 1886 in an underground room of the house of the Nummi Albani on the Quirinal (Via Firenze); the god wears a red cap and tunic, the torchbearers wear yellow or orange tunic and cap with green or brown anaxyrides…

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