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Boghaz-Koï (Boğazkale)

Boğazkale is a town of Çorum Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey, located 87 kilometres from the city of Çorum.

Monumentum

Sol altar from Mithraeum I, Stockstadt

Yellow sandstone altar from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt bearing a bust of Sol in radiate crown holding a whip, with a pierced square hole at the base

Monumentum

Hercules and Cerberus from Stockstadt

Fragment of a red sandstone relief from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt showing Hercules dragging a collared Cerberus from a cave while holding a club

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Seated Mercury from Mithraeum I, Stockstadt

Yellow sandstone statue of a seated Mercury from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt, holding a caduceus, with his right foot resting on a tortoise

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Mercury statue from Mithraeum I, Stockstadt

White sandstone statuette of Mercury from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt, standing in a shoulder cape, holding a purse and wearing wings in his hair

Monumentum

Cautopates with pedum from Mithraeum I, Stockstadt

Sandstone stele from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt showing Cautopates in Oriental dress, cross-legged, holding a burning torch down and resting on a pedum

Monumentum

Cautopates stele from Mithraeum I, Stockstadt

Red sandstone stele from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt depicting Cautopates in Oriental dress, cross-legged, holding a downward torch

Monumentum

Aion from Ciciliano

Gold lamina from Ciciliano showing a nude, serpent-entwined Aion-Kronos holding a key and surrounded by Greek voces magicae (2nd c. CE).

Monumentum

Cult monuments near the Mithraeum of Lambaesis

Group of nearby religious dedications associated with soldiers of the Legio III Augusta and the wider sacred landscape around the Mithraeum.

Monumentum

Cautes with two torches from Sarmizegetusa

Two bluish marble fragments from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the upper part of Cautes holding a torch in each hand, with traces of red on his neck, dress, and the torches.

Monumentum

Cautopates with downward torch from Sarmizegetusa

Marble fragment from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the middle part of Cautopates holding a downward torch in his left hand.

Monumentum

Torchbearer torso with downward torch from Sarmizegetusa

Fragment of a marble relief from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the bust of a person in a tunic with a right arm and hand holding a torch pointed downward.

Monumentum

Base with Mithras riding the bull from Apulum

Limestone base from Apulum, Dacia, decorated on the front with Mithras riding the bull to the right while holding an upraised torch — the tauriphoros riding type, distinct from the tauroctony.

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Temple dedication of Marcus Aurelius Frontinianus and Fronto from Aquincum

Base from Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior, recording that Marcus Aurelius Frontinianus and Marcus Aurelius Fronto, soldiers of Legio II Adiutrix and fratres, built a temple to Soli socio; dated to the consulship of Antoninus, either AD 213 or 222.

Monumentum

Altar of Caius Iulius Viator for Haterius Saturninus from Aquincum

Altar from Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior, dedicated to Deo invicto for the welfare of the household of Tiberius Haterius Saturninus, clarissimus vir and legatus Augusti pro praetore, by Caius Iulius Viator, beneficiarius consularis.

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Terracotta goddess with child from Aquincum

Terracotta relief from Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior, depicting a Venus-like goddess in the company of a child holding a fruit basket; its association with the Mithraeum is probable but not certain.

Monumentum

Mithraeum IV at Aquincum

Fourth Mithraic sanctuary discovered near the southern town-wall of Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior, between a rectangular building and an apsidal structure; excavated in 1941–42 and yielding the most complete sculptural assemblage from the city.

Monumentum

Aion-type altar from near Mithraeum III, Aquincum

Large limestone altar from near Mithraeum III at Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior, with a hole in the base probably designed to hold a cult object; the detailed iconographic programme of this altar is notable within the Aquincum Mithraic assemblage.

Monumentum

Lion with ox head from Mithraeum III, Aquincum

Sandstone statue from near Mithraeum III at Aquincum, Pannonia Inferior, depicting a lion to the right with an open frontal mouth, holding an ox head between its forefeet with a red-painted tongue.

Monumentum

Cautes and Cautopates pair from Brigetio

Two marble reliefs of the same height from Brigetio, Pannonia Superior, each depicting a cross-legged torchbearer in Oriental dress — Cautes and Cautopates — holding their torches.

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