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Cautes torchbearer relief fragment from Ganaceto near Modena

A white marble relief fragment found in a house at Ganaceto near Modena in 1845, now in the Museo Lapidario in Modena, showing Cautes in Eastern attire and anaxyrides cross-legged, with a fragment of Mithras' flying cloak according to Cumont.

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Possible Mithraeum remains from San Zeno, near Trento

Wall remnants found deep underground at San Zeno near Trento, possibly indicating a Mithraeum, discovered alongside Roman coins, lost bronze figures and a small gold disc decorated with an ear of corn or a sword.

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Inscription of Marius from San Zeno di Romedio, near Trento

A fragmentary inscription on the lower border of the limestone tauroctony relief from San Zeno di Romedio near Trento, partially reading a dedication to the Invincible Mithras by Marius.

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Limestone tauroctony relief from San Zeno di Romedio, near Trento

A limestone low-relief tauroctony fragment found in 1869 near the entrance of the valley of San Zeno di Romedio in the Trentino, now in the Museum at Trento, showing a primitive Mithras bullkiller with Cautes upraised, the bust of Luna and an inscription on the lower border…

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Tauroctony relief fragment from San Zeno am Nonsberg, Trentino

A coarse-grained yellowish-white marble tauroctony relief fragment found walled in at San Zeno am Nonsberg in the Trentino in 1911, now in the Museum Ferdinandeum at Innsbruck, showing part of Mithras slaying the bull and Cautes raising a flaming torch.

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Inscription "Deo Invicto Mithrae" from San Zeno, near Trento

A brief inscription reading "Deo Invicto Mithrae", found in the ruins of the Castello di Tuenno near San Zeno at the entry to the Tovel valley in Trentino, alongside the decorated relief No. 723.

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Red pottery fragments with bull and lion from Trier

Two red pottery fragments from a plate found near the Schützenstrasse at Augusta Treverorum (modern Trier) in Belgica, showing the forepart of a horned bull and the hindquarters of a lion, possibly Mithraic in character.

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Pottery fragment with lion and bull's head from Trier

A small pottery fragment of uncertain find-spot, probably from Augusta Treverorum (modern Trier) in Belgica, showing a lion walking to the right before a bull's head, with palm-like foliage, tentatively interpreted as Mithraic by Loeschcke but considered too doubtful by Vermaseren…

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Mithras tauroctony on pottery plate from Trier

Three fragments of a pottery plate bearing a relief of Mithras as bullkiller, with Cautes holding an upraised torch and sickle-shaped object and the bust of Luna above, found in the pottery workshops along the Ziegelstrasse at Augusta Treverorum (modern Trier) in Belgica…

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White marble Mithras head in Phrygian cap from Trier

A fragment of a white marble head in a Phrygian cap, facing right, probably representing Mithras, with an uncertain find-spot but likely from Augusta Treverorum (modern Trier) in Belgica.

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Contextual note on Mithraeum at Heiligkreuz near Trier

A scholarly note recording that finds at Heiligkreuz, including a lion's head and leg fragment, the head of a genius, and a knife with a gold handle, support the hypothesis of a Mithraeum at that location in Augusta Treverorum (modern Trier) in Belgica…

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Bronze votive slab dedicated to Deo Invicto from Heiligkreuz near Trier

A bronze votive slab bearing a dedication to the unconquered god, found on a hill at Heiligkreuz near the proposed Mithraeum at Augusta Treverorum (modern Trier) in Belgica.

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Head of Cautopates from Trier

A small limestone head of Cautopates, facing right, with a damaged nose and a stone pin on the reverse indicating it belonged to a relief, found on the slope of a hill near Heiligkreuz at Augusta Treverorum (modern Trier) in Belgica.

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Coin hoard from Saarburg Mithraeum

A collection of 284 coins, spanning from 254 to 395 AD and mostly of the fourth century, found in the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica, indicating that the sanctuary was founded under the Severan dynasty and destroyed in the fourth century…

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Bound skeleton found on main relief fragment at Saarburg Mithraeum

A skeleton of a man aged approximately thirty to forty years, with arms tied behind his back and wrists bound with an iron chain, found lying on a fragment of the main relief at the back of the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica…

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Terracotta lamp with SOLI inscription from Saarburg Mithraeum

A small terracotta lamp from the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica, bearing a beardless head on its upper surface and the inscription SOLI on its underside, found among numerous lamp fragments.

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Animal bones from ritual deposits at Saarburg Mithraeum

Numerous animal bones including birds, beasts of prey, and the muzzle of a wild boar, found as ritual deposits in the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica.

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Stone vases and ritual vessels from Saarburg Mithraeum

A collection of ritual vessels from the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica, including a stone vase, a plate with a lion's head in relief, a terra-sigillata plate with a hunting scene, and an urn filled with ash, bird bones, and rings…

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Fragmentary inscription from Saarburg Mithraeum

A fragmentary inscription from the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica, recording a dedicant's gift made a second time.

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Fragmentary altar bases from Saarburg Mithraeum

Several fragmentary stone bases and altars without identifying marks, one of which has a semicircular hole in one of its sides, found in the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica.

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