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The New Mithraeum Database

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Great tauroctony relief from Sopron

Large marble tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Sopron, ancient Scarabantia, depicting the standard bull-slaying with raven, dog, serpent, and scorpion, flanked by cross-legged torchbearers.

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Relief of Cautopates from Bonna

Limestone relief fragment showing Cautopates beside traces of a tauroctony scene.

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Mithraic votive inscription from Juslenville

Dedication to Mithras mentioning Freio and Friatto.

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Two-sided relief from Konjic

The mithraic relief of Konjic shows a Tauroctony in one side and a ritual meal in the other.

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Lost Sol statue from Nersae

A Sol statue headless and lacking arms and feet, mentioned by Martelli as existing at Nersae alongside a fragmentary inscription, with no further details obtainable by Vermaseren or Cumont.

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Lost Mithras relief possibly from Rome, formerly in Braunsberg

A lost Mithraic relief acquired near Rome and formerly held by the Lyceum Hosianum of Braunsberg in East Prussia, known only through a 1910 communication to Cumont; possibly identical with the relief from Macerata.

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Unfinished statue of Mithras from the rock, Rome

A stone statue probably found in Rome, depicting a naked Mithras emerging from the rock with his index finger raised to his lips and his right arm broken off, described by Cumont as an unfinished work never completed.

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Marble tablet dedicated by leones from Rome

Marble tablet in the Vatican Musea, Galleria Lapidaria, with a dedication to the Invictus and Urania by two initiates of the Leo grade, the text divided by four feet pointing in opposite directions as a pro itu et reditu formula.

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White marble statue of a torchbearer from the Castra Pretoria, Rome

White marble statue of a standing cross-legged torchbearer in Eastern attire with traces of red painting, found in the Castra Pretoria in 1882; head, arms, and feet are lost and the monument could not subsequently be traced.

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Relief fragment from Tivoli

Fragment of a relief showing Mithras as bull-killer with unusual eagle-headed dagger handle and Sol in a quadriga, from Tivoli (ancient Tibur), known only through an inaccurate engraving by Barbault.

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Marble statuette from Timgad

Polychromatic marble statuette of a cross-legged figure in Eastern attire, probably a torchbearer, found near the theatre ruins at Timgad.

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Marble head from Cyrene

Marble head with locks of hair and Phrygian cap, probably depicting Mithras as bull-killer, found under the threshold of the Iseum at Cyrene.

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Base with bust of Mithras from Savçilar

Limestone base bearing a dedication to Helios Mithras by Midon son of Solon, with a bust of Mithras in Phrygian cap, found at Savçilar on the border of Phrygia and Mysia, 78/77 A.D.

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Sepulchral inscriptions from Lycaonia

Sepulchral inscriptions from Lycaonia bearing the titles leo and aetos, previously interpreted as Mithraic grades but now understood as referring to tomb architecture.

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Gold coin of Hooerkes with Mithras holding lance and sword

Gold coin of the Scythian king Hooerkes, reverse showing Mithras (MIIPO) in tunic with lance and sword, north-west India, c. 87–129 A.D.

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Head of Mithras from the Mitreo degli Animali

The head of Mithras had seven holes made for fastening rays.

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Tauroctony from the Mitreo delle terme di Mitra

The person who commanded the sculpture may have been M. Umbilius Criton, documented in the Mitreo della Planta Pedis.

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Tauroctony from Capri

It is not certain that the marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was found on Capri, in the cave of Matromania, where a Mithraeum could have been established.

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Inscription mentioning a Mithraic collegium from Rome

Inscription now preserved in the Palazzo Ducale of Urbino whose wording may point to the existence of a Mithraic community.

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Tauroctony fragment from Turda

White marble tauroctony fragment from Turda, Dacia, preserved in the Deva Museum, showing only the forepart of Mithras killing the bull with the god's snout.

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