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Possible leontocephalic relief from the Midi

This small and highly questionable relief from southern France may depict a winged leontocephalic figure seated.

 
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Forged altar from Soulan

This supposed Mithraic altar from Soulan in the Pyrenees was later identified as a modern forgery, including both the inscription and the alleged cave context in which it was said to have been discovered.

 
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Torchbearer relief from Narbonne

This heavily damaged relief from Narbo preserves the figure of a cross-legged Mithraic torchbearer carved in low relief near the church of Saint-Sébastien in Narbonne.

 
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Altar from Künzing by Valerius Magio

This fragmented monument bears an inscription of a certain veteran named Valerius Magio.

 
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Mithräum von Künzing

The Mithraeum of Kunzing was an underground building, oriented east-west. The entrance was probably on the east.

 
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Tauroctony relief of Sarmizegetusa

This relief of Mithras slaying the bull incorporates the scene of the god carrying the bull and its birth from a rock.

 
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Inscription of Pylades from Angers

This marble plaque from Iuliomagus, Roman Angers, bears a rare dedication to Mithras by Pylades, a slave of an imperial slave connected to the Roman administration in Gaul.

 
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Mithréum d’Angers

The Mithraeum of Angers, excavated during a preventive operation and subsequently dismantled in 2010, yielded numerous objects, including coins, oil lamps, and a ceramic vessel bearing a votive inscription to the invincible god Mithras.

 
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Rock-cut tauroctony relief from Rožanec

Carved directly into the rock of the Rožanec sanctuary, this tauroctony relief preserves an unusually complete composition.

 
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Mithraeum of Rožanec

According to Hitzinger remnants of animal bones were found in front of the relief of the Mithraeum at Rozanec.

 
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Tauroctony from Syracuse

The Mithra Tauroctonos from Syracuse, Sicily, is currently on display in the city's archaeological museum.

 
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Tauroctony stele from Nicopolis ad Istrum

The Tauroctony of Nicopolis ad Istrum is unique as it is the only Mithraic stele befitting a Greek donor.

 
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CIMRM 158

This fragmentary tauroctony relief from Timziouin near Saïda depicts Mithras slaying the bull within a cave-like frame, accompanied by the raven, serpent, scorpion, and Cautopates.

 
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Inscription to Sol Invictus from Zuccabar

This fragmentary inscription from Zuccabar, reused in the wall of the Sidi Abd-el-Kader mosque at Affreville, preserves a dedication to Sol Invictus.

 
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Tauroctony in the British Museum

The sculpture of Mithras slaying the bull was transported from Rome to London by Charles Standish in 1815.

 
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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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Altar to Sol Invictus from Puteoli

This marble dedication from Puteoli was offered to Sol Invictus and the genius of the colony by Claudius Aurelius Rufinus together with his wife and son.

 
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Tauroctony relief from Puteoli

This lost Mithraic relief, formerly kept near the church of the Santissima Annunziata in Naples, was probably a large tauroctony associated with the area of Puteoli or Pausilypon.

 
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Tauroctony relief from Naples

This marble tauroctony relief, probably originating from Naples, depicts Mithras slaying the bull within a cave-like setting, accompanied by the usual animals and celestial busts.

 
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Altar from Grumentum

This altar from Grumentum in Lucania was dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras by Titus Flavius Saturninus, an evocatus in imperial service.

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