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Tauroctony relief of the Esquiline

The relief of Mithras slaying the bull found on the Esquiline Hill includes two additional scenes with Mithras and two other figures.

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Mithras pantocrator from the Villa Altieri

This unusual representation of Mithras standing on a bull was kept in the Casino di Villa Altieri sul Monte Esquilino until the 19th century.

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Graffito "Dominus Sol hic avitat" from the Caseggiato del Sole

Graffito on a wall of the Caseggiato del Sole adjacent to the Mitreo dei Serpenti at Ostia, reading "Dominus Sol hic avitat" (Lord Sun dwells here).

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Torchbearer statue from Antium

Penthelic marble statue of a standing torchbearer in Eastern attire, cross-legged, with head and torch arm broken off, probably 2nd century A.D., found at Antium (modern Anzio).

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Tauroctony from Naples

The marble relief of Mithras killing the bull in Naples bears an inscription that calls the solar god omnipotentis.

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Mithraeum of Colchester

One of the rooms in a sustantive masonry building in Hollytrees Meadow was considered to be a Mithreum, a theory that has now been discarded.

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Mithraic inscription from Lepcis Magna

Epigraphic monument from Tripolitania preserving a corrected reading discussed in later scholarship.

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Stele of the Mithrakana from Amorium

Limestone stele recording endowments for the feast of the Mithrakana by Antipater and his son Gaios, found at Amorium (modern Hisarköy), Phrygia.

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Statuette from Emir Ghasi

Rough-hewn statuette found at Emir Ghasi in Lycaonia, once thought to represent a Mithraic soldier; according to Cumont, a modern forgery.

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Rock inscription of Sagarios at Farasha

Rock inscription of Sagarios, strategus of Ariaramneia, recording a Mithraic ceremony near Farasha (ancient Ariaramneia), Cappadocia, likely 1st century A.D.

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Altar to Helios Mithras from Piraeus

Small altar found in the foundations of a school building in the Piraeus, near Athens, dedicated to Helios Mithras.

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Dedication of Acrisius to Mithras from Athens

Greek inscription from Athens, recording that Acrisius dedicated a gift to Mithras in honour of Chrysippos.

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Sepulchral inscription with Mithraic grade from Philippi

Third-century sepulchral inscription from near Philippi, Macedonia, studied for its Mithraic content in the upper lines of the text.

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Fragmentary Greek inscription from Sinitovo

Fragmentary Greek inscription from Sinitovo, Thracia, preserving only the epithet epekooi — the listening one — and a partially legible name beginning with Audios.

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Greek inscription of Helios Mithras from Sinitovo

Greek inscription from Sinitovo, Thracia, recording a thanksgiving gift to Helios Mithras invictos — the invincible Sun-Mithras.

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Cautopates relief from Debeli-Lak

Marble relief fragment from near Debeli-Lak, Thracia, depicting Cautopates in Oriental dress holding the torch downwards with both hands, not cross-legged; head, shoulder, and feet are lost.

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Altar of Quintus Samacius Serenus from Dionysopolis

Inscription from Dionysopolis, Moesia Inferior, dedicated to Invicto Mithrae by Quintus Samacius Serenus, architectus salariarius of Legio XI Claudia.

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Altar of Annius Saturninus from Tropaeum Traiani

Altar from Kokardscha near Adam Klissi, ancient Tropaeum Traiani in Moesia Inferior, dedicated to Deo invicto for the welfare of Emperor Marcus Antoninus Verus by Annius Saturninus, centurion of Legio XI Claudia.

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Tauroctony with upraised torches from Tirgușor

Sandstone tauroctony relief with pediment from the Mithraeum at Tirgușor, Moesia Inferior, depicting the bull-slaying with two cross-legged torchbearers both holding their torches upraised and Sol and Luna busts in the upper corners; no dog or scorpion.

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Tetrarchic dedication from Tomis

Inscription from Constanța, ancient Tomis in Moesia Inferior, recording a dedication to Deo Soli for the welfare and victory of Emperors Diocletian and Maximianus invicti Augusti; a significant tetrarchic dedication from this region.

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