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Sandstone tauroctony relief from Petronell-Carnuntum

Sandstone relief of Mithras as bull-slayer, found at Petronell in 1932, with dog, serpent and scorpion, traces of polychromy preserved, now in the Museum Carnuntinum.

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Fragmentary tauroctony relief from Rome

Fragmentary relief corner depicting Mithras as bull-slayer, preserving the bull’s hindquarters, scorpion, serpent and part of a torchbearer, with a partial inscription.

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Cautes from Boppard

Statue of Cautes from Bodobrica, discovered around 1940, depicting the torchbearer standing before a tree or rock and associated with a bucranium.

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Tauroctony on display in Boston

This fragmentary relief depicts Mithras killing the bull in the usual manner, remarkably dressed in oriental attire.

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Tauroctony from Mithras and Tellus

This tauroctony relief is distinguished by the rare depiction of Tellus reclining beneath the bull.

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Limestone stele of a torchbearer from Apt

Small limestone stele, discovered at Apt in 1903. It depicts a standing torchbearer in the conventional Mithraic posture and dress, accompanied by a cock placed at his feet.

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Tauroctonia de Walbrook

The image of Mithras killing the bull, found near Walbrook, is surrounded by a Zoadiac circle.

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Tauroctony on display in Virginia

Rich relief on display at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art showing Mithras sacrificing the bull accompanied by Cautes and Cautopates.

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Frescoes with standing figures of Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte

The frescoes depict several figures dressed in different garments associated with the Mithraic degrees.

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Tauroctony from Absalmos

The relief depict several unusual scenes from Mithras’s myth.

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Taurocotony from Calvi Risorta

In this terracotta relief depicting Mithras as a bull killer found at Cales, now in Calvi Risorta, none of the usual accompanying animals is present.

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Mithras-Men from Rome

Relief possibly depicting Mithras-Men holding a torch and a a bust of Luna on a crescent.

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Tauroctony from Salita delle Tre Pile

White marble relief depicting Mithras killing the bull, found broken in two parts in 1872 near Salita delle Tre Pile in Rome.

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Cautes with bull head of Sarmizegetusa

This sculpture of Cautes holding a bull’s head was found in 1882 in Sarmizegetusa, Romania.

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Tauroctony from Gérman

This very fine relief of Mithras killing the bull was discovered in 2014 in Germán, near Sofia, Bulgaria, and is now housed in the Sofia History Museum.

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Sabazios with Mithras from Bolsena

This unusual bronze bust of Sabazios features multiple symbolic elements, with Mithras depicted in his characteristic pose of slaying the bull, positioned just below Sabazios’ chest.

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Mithraic vase of Mühltal

The Mühltal Mithraic crater was discovered among the artefacts of a mithraeum found in Pfaffenhoffen am Inn, Bavaria.

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Tauroctony from Strasbourg

These fragments of a monumental relief of Mithras killing the bull from Koenigshoffen were reassembled and are now on display at the Musée Archéologique de Strasbourg.

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Tauroctony from Osterburken

Franz Cumont considers the bas relief of Osterburken ’the most remarkable of all the monuments of the cult of Mithras found up to now’.

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Tauroctony relief from Apulum

This relief of Mithras killing the bull includes various singular features specific to the Danubian area.

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