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Altar by Valerius Maximianus from Lambaesis

Limestone altar dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras by the governor and military commander Marcus Valerius Maximianus.

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Inscription of Cimber and Exsocho from Cologne

This monument with an inscription by two individuals was found in the first mithraeum of Cologne, Germany.

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Two-register tauroctony from Ratiaria

Fragmentary Mithraic relief from Ratiaria depicting the tauroctony above a series of narrative scenes from the myth of Mithras and Sol.

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Altar of Victorinus to Fons Perennis

One of several dedications commissioned by the duumvir Marcus Antonius Victorinus in his Mithraeum of Aquincum, modern Budapest.

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Dedication to Sol Invictus from Lambaesis

Limestone slab dedicated to the invincible Sun by the governor Marcus Aurelius Decimus near the temple of Aesculapius.

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Funerary inscription of Publius Anthius Logus from Montpellier

A funerary cippus, dated to the 2nd–3rd century, commemorating Publius Anthius Logus, pater sacrorum, and erected by Cornelia, daughter of Lucius, found at Sextantio near modern Montpellier in Narbonensis.

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Altar of Firmidius Severinus from Geneva

This limestone altar bears an inscription from its donor, Firmidius Severinus, in honour of Mithras after 26 years of service in the Legio VIII Augusta.

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Mithras rock-birth of Trier

The relief depicts the birth of Mithras, holding a globe, surrounded by the zodiac.

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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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Cautes from Newcastle

This limestone statue of Cautes is now exposed at Great North Museum of Newcastle.

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Tauroctony from Dragus

The tauroctonic relief from Dragus includes a naked flying figure that Vermaseren has identified as Phosporus or Lucifer.

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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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Mithras rock-born of Dobrosloveni

This sculpture from Dobrosloveni, Romania, depicts the petrogenesis of Mithras, with a hole through the generative rock from which water flowed.

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Fragments of a column base from Hamadan

The base of the column bears an inscription that records the rebuilding of a palace at Ectabana ’by the favour of Ahuramaza, Anahita and Mithra’.

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Altar to Cautes by Septimius Valentinus

Limestone altar dedicated to Cautes by the Roman optio Septimius Valentinus, discovered in the Mithraeum of Sárkeszi in Pannonia Inferior.

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Altar for Fons Dei

Fragmentary limestone altar dedicated by Septimius Valentinus, an optio, probably discovered in Mithraeum IV at Aquincum.

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Greek dedication to Mithras from Aenaria

This small Greek dedication from the island of Aenaria invokes Helios Mithras under the epithet “unconquered”.

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Inscription of Aurelius Iustinianus from Ptuj

This inscription probably belonged to the fourth mithraeum of Poetovio and records the restoration of a Mithraic temple by the dux Aurelius Iustinianus.

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Limestone tauroctony relief from Aquincum

This limestone tauroctony from Aquincum preserves Mithras slaying the bull together with Cautopates, the serpent, the scorpion, and the legs of the raven.

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Fragmentary tauroctony from Solin

This large limestone fragment from Roman Salona preserves the hind part of the bull together with Mithras’ foot and traces of his red tunic.

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