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Terracotta relief of Victoria slaying a bull, S. Prisca Mithraeum, Rome

Terracotta relief showing Victoria slaying a bull from the S. Prisca Mithraeum; a similar relief was found in 1953 and probably does not belong to the original Mithraic inventory.

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Fragment of a naked Venus statuette, S. Prisca Mithraeum, Rome

Small fragment of a naked Venus statuette from the S. Prisca Mithraeum on the Aventine, Rome.

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Marble triangle with semicircular opening, S. Prisca Mithraeum, Rome

Marble triangle with a semicircular opening in the middle, from the S. Prisca Mithraeum on the Aventine, Rome.

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Under-layer wall-paintings with Mithraic grade procession and dipinti, S. Prisca Mithraeum, Rome

Under-layer wall-paintings in the S. Prisca Mithraeum on the Aventine showing a further procession of Mithraic initiates in different colours, with partially legible dipinti including liturgical verses and acclamations.

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Small marble base CIL VI 412 dedicated to Jupiter Dolicheno and Sol, Aventine, Rome

Small marble base apparently found in the same Aventine sanctuary during former excavations, with a dedication to Jupiter Optimus Maximus Dolicheno and Sol digno praestantissimo.

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Two inscriptions dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras from the Aventine, Rome

Two inscriptions (a and b) from the Aventine Dolichenum sanctuary relating to Sol Invictus Mithras, one a fragmentary dedication and the other mentioning a signum and providentissimus.

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Very small relief of Mithras slaying the bull, Aventine, Rome

Very small relief showing Mithras slaying the bull, with some figures preserved on the broken lower border, from the Aventine sanctuary in Rome.

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Two relief fragments of Mithras taurocotone with torchbearers in a grotto, Aventine, Rome

Two small fragments of a relief showing Mithras slaying the bull with the two torchbearers in a grotto, with traces of polychrome colouring, dated to the second half of the 2nd century A.D.

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Two Mithraic monuments from the Dolichenum excavations on the Aventine, Rome

Two Mithraic monuments discovered during the 1935 excavations of the Dolichenum on the Aventine, together with statues of Sol, Luna, Venus, Silvanus and Hercules, now in the Museo Capitolino; the only certain Mithraic finds from a Dolichenum.

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Small marble relief of primitive Mithras tauroktonos, Museo Capitolino, Rome

Small marble relief from the Aventine showing a primitive representation of Mithras slaying the bull, without torchbearers or Sol and Luna, with a raven on the flying cloak, the dog and serpent near the wound, and a scorpion, now in the Museo Capitolino.

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Pieces of roughly worked stone possibly representing Mithras' rock-birth, Caracalla Mithraeum, Rome

Pieces of roughly worked stone from the Caracalla Mithraeum which may represent Mithras' rock-birth.

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Marble relief fragments of Mithras tauroktonos from the Caracalla Mithraeum, Rome

Fragments of a marble relief of Mithras as bull-killer from the Caracalla Mithraeum, preserving the knee of the bull's right hind-leg, the bent knee of Mithras, and parts of the serpent, dog, cock and a bust in a tunic.

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Marble statue of naked Venus wringing her hair, Caracalla Mithraeum, Rome

Marble statue of Venus entirely naked in the act of leaving her bath, wringing her hair which streams over her shoulders, with a dolphin by her side, found in the small room of the Caracalla Mithraeum; the head is lost.

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Fragment of Greek marble relief of Mithras tauroktonos from Via Borgo Vecchio, Rome

Fragment of a Greek marble relief found in the Via Borgo Vecchio, preserving only the lower part of Mithras as bull-killer in tunic and flying cloak, with a Cautes bearing an upraised torch behind the bull.

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Small marble slab inscribed ALLIM (cacus), Palazzo dei Musei Mithraeum, Rome

Small marble slab from the Palazzo dei Musei Mithraeum bearing the inscription ALLIM, identified as a reference to Cacus.

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Graffito on the back wall of room M, Palazzo dei Musei Mithraeum, Rome

Partially legible graffito scratched on the back wall of room M in the Palazzo dei Musei Mithraeum, Rome.

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Two fragments of greyish marble with imperial tribune inscription, Palazzo dei Musei Mithraeum, Rome

Two fragments of greyish marble from the Palazzo dei Musei Mithraeum with a partially legible inscription referring to the pontifex maximus and tribunicia potestas for the twentieth time, attributed to Trajan or Hadrian.

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Fragment of marble slab with dedication by L. Mo[...] Magnus, Palazzo dei Musei Mithraeum, Rome

Fragment of a marble slab from the Palazzo dei Musei Mithraeum preserving a partially legible dedication by L. Mo[...] Magnus, described as devotus.

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Marble slab with pierced star dedicated to the Invictus by L. Reminius Fortunatus, Rome

Marble slab from the Palazzo dei Musei Mithraeum bearing a pierced star in the centre and a dedication to the Invictus by L. Reminius Fortunatus.

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Small lamp with a ram, Palazzo dei Musei Mithraeum, Rome

Small lamp from the Palazzo dei Musei Mithraeum, Rome, bearing a representation of a ram.

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