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Cautopates in the Walters Art Museum

This fragmentary relief shows Cautopates bordered by three of the six zodiacal signs with which He is associated: Capricorn, Sagittarius and Scorpio.

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Bronze plaque of Mithras slaying the bull

Mithras Tauroctony on bronze exposed at the Metropolitan Museum of New York.

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Frescoes of 'Magis' from Dura Europos

Some scholars have speculated that the scrolls both figures hold in their hands represent Eastern doctrines brought to the Western world.

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Tauroctony on display in Princeton

This sculpture of Mithras killing the bull may come from Rome, probably found in 1919.

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Tauroctony exhibited at the Cincinnati Art Museum

In the tauroctonic relief on display at the Cincinnati Art Museum, Mithras slaughters the bull over a rocky background.

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Cautes with an axe

The Cautes of Sidon who wields an axe also wears a piece of cloth on his left arm.

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Second Cautes of Sidon holding an axe

In this case, a quiver has been attached to the tree-stump behind the torchbearer.

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Mithras carrying the bull

Sculpture depicting Mithras carrying a young bull on his shoulders.

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Cautes of Sidon

The Sidon sculpture includes a dog jumping between Cautes's legs.

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Tauroctony relief of Carnuntum

This relief found at Carnuntum represents Mithras slaughtering the bull, without the scorpion, in the sacred cave.

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Cautopates of Sarmizegetusa with scorpion

The Cautopates with scorpion found in 1882 in Sarmizegetusa includes an inscription of a certain slave known as Synethus.

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Tauroctony from Aquileia

The relief of the Mithraic tauroctony of Aquiliea is currently on display in Vienna.

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Cautes and Cautópates of Palazzo Imperiale

The sculptures of Cautes and Cautopates from the Mitreo del Palazzo Imperiale may have been reused from an older mithraeum in Ostia.

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Cautopates from Casa del Mitreo of Mérida

The sculpture of the solar god is signed by its author, Demetrios.

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Altar with Mithras rock-birth of Nida

The Mithraic stele from Nida depicts the Mithras Petrogenesis and the gods Cautes, Cautopates, Heaven and Ocean.

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Tauroctony from Macerata

The Macerata Tauroctony shows Mithra slaying the bull with the usual Pyrigian cap and six rays around his head.

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Round Tauroctony of Split

The round relief of Mithras killing the bull of Split is surrounded by a circle with Sun, Moon, Saturn and some unusual animals.

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Mithraic vase of Lezoux

This terracotta vase features prolific decoration, including Mithras Tauroctonos, Fortuna, Cautes, a dog and Pan playing a syrinx.

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Tauroctony from Domus del Mitreo of Tarquinia

Votive sculpture of Mithras sacrificing the bull from the Mithraeum of Tarquinia.

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Cautes and Cautopates of Marquise

The two fellows of Mithras from Marquise, Boulogne-sur-Mer, are fully naked but for the cloak and the Phrygian cap.

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