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The New Mithraeum Database

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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 petrogenitus of the Esquilino

The relief of Mithras being born from the rock of the Esquiline shows the young god naked, as usual, with a torch and a dagger in his hands.

 
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Mithraeum of the Coloured Marble

The Mitreo dei Marmi Colorati takes its name after the discovery of a black-and-white mosaic of Pan fighting with Eros.

 
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Mitreo d'Orazio Muti

This Mithraic temple, now disappeared, is known thanks to the numerous remains recorded since 1594 in the 'Memorie di varie antichità trovate in diversi luoghi della città di Roma'.

 
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Tauroctony of the Cortile del Belvedere

The Tauroctony relief of Mithras killing the bull walled in the Cortile of the Belvedered, Vatican City, was found by Fagan near Ostia.

 
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Tauroctony of Quirinale

This sculpture of Mithras sacrificing the bull was found in the Quirinal and is now on display in the Musei Capitolini.

 
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Tauroctony from Albacini

This black marble of Mithras killing the Bull has belonged to the sculptor Carlo Albacini.

 
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Mitreo degli Animali

The Mithraeum of the Animals was decorated with a mosaic depicting a naked man, a cock, a raven, an scorpion, a snake and the head of the bull.

 
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El sueño de Mitra

 
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CIMRM 413 b

Upper part of a marble relief (H. 0.12 Br. 0.13 D. 0.05), found in the Forum of Caesar.

 
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CIMRM 413 a

Small marble base, found in one of the private houses along the Via Sacra nearly opposite to the Basilica of Constantine.

 
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CIMRM 257 a|b

Head of Greek marble (H. 0.46).

 
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CIMRM 766

MMM II 409f No.

 
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CIMRM 764

Moreover, Diitschke (No. 440, 700) quotes two small heads (H. 0.08; 0.16) in Phrygian cap, which may belong to torchbearers.

 
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CIMRM 763

Relief in Italian marble (H. 1.05), kept in the same gallery at Cataio.

 
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CIMRM 762

Statue (H. 0.41).

 
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CIMRM 761

Bronze statuette (H. 0.10).

 
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CIMRM 758

Reperta in fullonica intus in diaeta quadam, quae aliquando vestibuli loco fuit.

 
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CIMRM 757

Soli under the head: Milace / Atticus.

 
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CIMRM 756

Small votive altar in limestone (H. 0.61 Br. 0.30 D. 0.31).

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