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Cross-shaped medal with Sol and Luna from the Spoleto Mithraeum

A medal in the form of a Grecian cross from the Mithraeum at Spoleto, showing busts of a bearded man and a veiled woman each with a radiate crown, identified by Cumont as Sol and Luna.

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Terracotta arm from the Spoleto Mithraeum

A terracotta arm found near the cone-shaped stone in the Mithraeum at Spoleto, the hand holding a broken object possibly from a representation of Mithras's rock-birth.

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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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Cone-shaped stone from the Spoleto Mithraeum

A cone-shaped piece of stone with a square hole found to the left of the altar in the Mithraeum at Spoleto, unlikely to have supported a representation of Mithras's rock-birth despite earlier suggestions, given that the stone tapers slightly.

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Travertine altar to Sol Invictus Mithras from the Spoleto Mithraeum

A travertine altar bearing a brief dedication to Sol Invictus Mithras, found before the main niche in the Mithraeum discovered at Spoleto in 1878 near the Porta S. Gregorio.

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Tauroctony relief fragment probably from Narni

A marble tauroctony relief fragment probably from Narni (ancient Narnia) in Umbria, now in the Museo Nazionale delle Terme in Rome, preserving Mithras in Eastern dress as a bullkiller with dog and Cautopates standing cross-legged before the bull; the exact find-spot is uncertain…

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Cippus of Myron the slave, dedicated for Prunicianus, from Arezzo

A small marble cippus found in an old wall near the church of San Niccolò in Arezzo (ancient Arretium), bearing a dedication by Myron, a slave, to the Invincible Holy and Safe god for the welfare of his master Prunicianus.

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Tauroctony relief from Soriano nel Cimino

A white marble tauroctony relief found near a Roman villa on the northern slope of Mount Ciminus near Soriano nel Cimino in Etruria, showing Mithras slaying the bull with dog, serpent and scorpion, the bull's tail ending in three ears of grain, the god's resting leg abnormally small…

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Tauroctony relief from Sutri

A marble tauroctony relief, broken in two pieces, found at Sutri in Etruria in 1896 and now in the Museo Nazionale delle Terme in Rome, with raven, dog, serpent and scorpion present, the upper part with the heads of Sol and Mithras broken off and Luna's bust alone preserved…

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Inscription "Hymnus invicto" from Torrita

A brief inscription reading "Hymnus invicto" found on the base of the torchbearer statue from Torrita near Nazzano in Etruria.

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Finds from Capua Mithraeum criptoporticus

Finds discovered near the crossing of the criptoporticus of the Mithraeum at Capua, including marble plate fragments, a tuff base, red lamps, and animal bones.

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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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Fresco fragment from Capua

Fresco showing two persons standing behind each other, from the initiation sequence of the Mithraeum of Capua.

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Fresco fragment from Capua

Badly damaged fresco fragment showing a person in red attire in a kneeling position, from the initiation sequence of the Mithraeum of Capua.

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Head from Capua

Head in Phrygian cap with a sorrowful expression, used as a protome in the Amphitheatre of Capua and interpreted as a head of Mithras.

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Mithras inscriptions from Volubilis

Two inscriptions dedicated to Mithras found at Volubilis near the Fertassa aqueduct fountain, probably indicating the presence of a Mithraeum.

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Sol Invictus inscription from Caesarea

White marble plate inscription dedicated to Soli Invicto pro salute, from Caesarea of Mauretania (modern Cherchel).

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Deus Invictus altar from Caesarea

Altar inscription dedicated to Deus Invictus, found at Cherchel (ancient Caesarea of Mauretania).

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Centenarium Solis inscription from Bir Haddada

Marble plate recording the construction of a centenarium Solis by the governor Septimius Flavianus, found at Bir Haddada in the Ager Sitifensis, dated 315/316 A.D.

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Bull-killing relief from Sétif

Relief depicting Mithras killing the bull in scaled armour, with Luna and Sol busts in the upper corners, found at the cavalry barracks of Sétif in 1861.

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