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Cautopates relief from Torcello

A marble relief found on the small island of San Michele di Zampanigo near Torcello in the Venetian lagoon, now in the Museum of Torcello, showing a cross-legged figure in Eastern attire resting his head in his right hand and holding a downward-pointing torch (Cautopates), framed by poppies…

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Temple of Sol inscription from Como, dedicated under Diocletian

An inscription recording the completion and dedication of the Temple of Sol at Como by T. Flavius Postumius Titianus, corrector of Italy, by order of the emperors Diocletian and Maximian, with Axilius the Younger as curator of the city of the Comenses.

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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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Tauroctony relief fragment from San Zeno am Nonsberg, Trentino

A coarse-grained yellowish-white marble tauroctony relief fragment found walled in at San Zeno am Nonsberg in the Trentino in 1911, now in the Museum Ferdinandeum at Innsbruck, showing part of Mithras slaying the bull and Cautes raising a flaming torch.

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Mithras tauroctony on pottery plate from Trier

Three fragments of a pottery plate bearing a relief of Mithras as bullkiller, with Cautes holding an upraised torch and sickle-shaped object and the bust of Luna above, found in the pottery workshops along the Ziegelstrasse at Augusta Treverorum (modern Trier) in Belgica…

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Animal bones from ritual deposits at Saarburg Mithraeum

Numerous animal bones including birds, beasts of prey, and the muzzle of a wild boar, found as ritual deposits in the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica.

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Stone vases and ritual vessels from Saarburg Mithraeum

A collection of ritual vessels from the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica, including a stone vase, a plate with a lion's head in relief, a terra-sigillata plate with a hunting scene, and an urn filled with ash, bird bones, and rings…

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Fragment of Mercury with bird from Saarburg Mithraeum

A fragment from the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica, showing a standing naked man with a bird, possibly a cock, on his left arm, tentatively identified as Mercury, with the head, hands, and parts of the legs lost.

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Relief fragment of naked man from Saarburg Mithraeum

The right lower corner of a relief fragment from the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica, showing a standing naked man holding his hands crosswise on his breast, with the upper part and head lost.

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Bronze Apollo statuette from Angleur

A bronze statuette of a standing naked youth wearing a necklace and with outstretched hands, the thumb of the right hand touching the index finger, with a hole in the back for fastening, possibly representing Apollo, from the Mithraic sanctuary at Angleur near Liège in Belgica…

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Bronze statuettes of Seasons from Angleur

Two bronze statuettes of youthful women in flying cloaks with outstretched hands holding an object, possibly representing the Seasons, from the Mithraic sanctuary at Angleur near Liège in Belgica.

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Torchbearer hand and torch end from Les Bolards south-east cemetery

A torch end held by a hand in the pose of a dadophore, and another hand holding a small offering, found at the south-east cemetery adjacent to the Mithraeum of Les Bolards (ancient Venetonimagus) in Lugdunensis.

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Venus bust and votive bronze eye-plaques from Les Bolards

A fine white marble bust of Venus, a head of a helmeted deity possibly Minerva, small female heads, and bronze eye-plaques analogous to those from the temples of Sequana and Apollo Vindonnus, found at the building south-west of the Mithraeum at Les…

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Granite marble solar disc from Les Bolards

A large red and white granite marble disc surrounded by rays, possibly representing the sun, found at the building south-west of the Mithraeum at Les Bolards (ancient Venetonimagus) in Lugdunensis.

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Limestone statue of Cautopates from the Housesteads Mithraeum

A limestone statue from the Mithraeum at Borcovicium (modern Housesteads), depicting Cautopates in Eastern attire standing cross-legged on a base and pointing his torch downwards, with head lost.

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Ritual vessels and iron objects from the Carrawburgh Mithraeum

Ritual vessels and iron objects from the Mithraeum at Procolitia (modern Carrawburgh), including containers for votive offerings, cups, cooking-pots, platters, mortaria and jars, and iron implements comprising an altar-shovel, thatch-hook, mounting and candlestick…

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Commodus

Roman emperor traditionally regarded as the first ruler initiated into the Mysteries of Mithras.

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Alfius Severus

Alfius Severus was a prominent figure associated with the Mithraeum of Marino, probably acting as pater of a small Mithraic community connected with the nearby peperino stone quarries.

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Tauroctony relief from Oltenia

Limestone tauroctony relief from Oltenia, Dacia, of unknown exact provenance, depicting the standard bull-slaying with the full iconographic programme.

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Mithraeum of Burham

To date, there is no evidence that the so-called Mithraeum of Burham was ever used to worship the sun god.

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