Monuments: TNMdB

This votive silver plaque depicting Mithras was found at the site of Pessinus, Ballıhisar, in Turkey.

Tauroctony relief fragment with torchbearer and scene of Mithras’ rockbirth from Romula, Romania.

One of the reliefs of the Dura Europos tauroctonies includes several characters with their respective names.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This weathered marble fragment from Viminacium preserves part of a tauroctony with Luna, Cautopates, the serpent, and the dog.

These six marble fragments from the Second Mithraeum of Poetovio preserve parts of tauroctonies together with figures of Sol, Cautes, and Cautopates.

This marble fragment from Apulum preserves the head of Mithras beneath an arch together with a raven and the remains of Sol’s radiate crown.

This small weathered marble fragment preserves part of a tauroctony with Cautes, Luna, the serpent, and a leaping dog.

This marble fragment from Roman Dacia preserves part of a tauroctony with Sol, the raven, and Mithras dragging the bull.

This finely carved marble tauroctony from Interamna features an unusual series of altars and ritual vases surrounding the scene.

This fragmentary tauroctony from Roman Gaul preserves a striking raven behind Mithras’ cloak and the bust of Sol in the upper corner.

This eulogy of Saint Eugene of Trapezos tells how, in the time of Diocletian, he and two other Christian fellows destroyed a statue of Mithras.

This fragment of pottery depicting Mithras may have come from Gallia.

This marble head of Mithras was found in the Luxemburgerstrasze in Cologne, Germany.

Fragment of an alabaster relief from Cologne with part of a tauroctony scene. Only the tip of Mithras’ Phrygian cap and small narrative details above are preserved.