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Oversized stone hand with projection from Saarburg Mithraeum

A stone hand of more than natural size from the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica, with the thumb touching the index finger and a rectangular projection in the palm on which an object was probably fastened.

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Two female stone heads from Saarburg Mithraeum

Two female stone heads of varying sizes, found in the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica.

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Naked torso possibly of rock-birth Mithras from Saarburg Mithraeum

A naked torso of a robust figure, preserved as far as the navel with head and arms lost, from the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica, possibly representing the rock-birth of Mithras.

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Fragment of Mercury with bird from Saarburg Mithraeum

A fragment from the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica, showing a standing naked man with a bird, possibly a cock, on his left arm, tentatively identified as Mercury, with the head, hands, and parts of the legs lost.

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Relief fragment of robed male figure from Saarburg Mithraeum

The upper part of a dressed male figure from the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica, holding a wreath or broad ring in the right hand and a round object in the other, tentatively identified as Aion but without sufficient evidence.

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Relief fragment of naked man from Saarburg Mithraeum

The right lower corner of a relief fragment from the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica, showing a standing naked man holding his hands crosswise on his breast, with the upper part and head lost.

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Bronze fountain mouth and spout fragments from Angleur

A bronze fountain mouth and a square spout, together with other fragments of round spouts, from the Mithraic sanctuary at Angleur near Liège in Belgica.

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Bronze vase fragments from Angleur

Fragments of a small bronze vase with two handles, one of which is broken off, from the Mithraic sanctuary at Angleur near Liège in Belgica.

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Bronze lioness head fragments from Angleur

Two fragments of a bronze statuette of a lioness, with the head preserved but the mouth lost, from the Mithraic sanctuary at Angleur near Liège in Belgica.

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Cylindrical bronze lion-head peg from Angleur

A cylindrical bronze peg with a lion's head in the middle, the groove-shaped mouth fitted with a small tube from the back, from the Mithraic sanctuary at Angleur near Liège in Belgica.

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Bronze lion statuette with perforated mouth from Angleur

A bronze statuette of a lion with an open mouth, in which a hole connects to another hole in the stomach, suggesting use as a fountain or conduit, from the Mithraic sanctuary at Angleur near Liège in Belgica.

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Bronze Apollo statuette from Angleur

A bronze statuette of a standing naked youth wearing a necklace and with outstretched hands, the thumb of the right hand touching the index finger, with a hole in the back for fastening, possibly representing Apollo, from the Mithraic sanctuary at Angleur near Liège in Belgica…

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Bronze statuettes of Seasons from Angleur

Two bronze statuettes of youthful women in flying cloaks with outstretched hands holding an object, possibly representing the Seasons, from the Mithraic sanctuary at Angleur near Liège in Belgica.

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Bronze Medusa-head slab from Angleur

A small round bronze slab bearing a Medusa head, with serpents knotted below her chin and serpent heads emerging between two wings attached to the temples, with two hooks on the reverse, from the Mithraic sanctuary at Angleur near Liège in Belgica.

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Bronze zodiac sign slabs from Angleur

Four small bronze slabs with representations of zodiac signs — a leaping ram, a running lion, a scorpion, and a fish — with remnants of iron hooks, from the Mithraic sanctuary at Angleur near Liège in Belgica.

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Bronze wind-god slabs from Angleur

Three small bronze slabs bearing roughly modelled bearded heads of wind-gods, each with a wing on the head, with iron hooks on the reverse for fastening, found at the Mithraic sanctuary at Angleur near Liège in Belgica.

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Bronze finds from Mithraic sanctuary at Angleur

A group of bronze objects found in 1883 in a pit dug into the clay at Angleur near Liège in Belgica, proved by Cumont to have belonged to the decoration of a Mithras sanctuary, now in the Museum at Liège.

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Cautopates fragment on terra-sigillata from Alesia

Five fragments of a red terra-sigillata vessel showing Cautopates with his torch pointing downwards, in Eastern attire and cross-legged, with the hoof of the bull's hindleg before him, found at Alesia (Mont-Auxois) in Lugdunensis.

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Tauroctony on red terra-sigillata cup from Alesia

A red terra-sigillata cup bearing a relief tauroctony of Mithras, with Cautes and Cautopates cross-legged on either side, found at Alesia (Mont-Auxois) in Lugdunensis and now kept at Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

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Torchbearer hand and torch end from Les Bolards south-east cemetery

A torch end held by a hand in the pose of a dadophore, and another hand holding a small offering, found at the south-east cemetery adjacent to the Mithraeum of Les Bolards (ancient Venetonimagus) in Lugdunensis.

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