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Marble plinth inscription of L. Valerius Megistus, pater et sacerdos, Rome

A marble plinth inscription formerly in the Vigna Guidii outside the walls of Rome, recording L. Valerius Megistus as pater and sacerdos of the Invincible Mithras.

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Two lost tauroctony monuments from Palazzo Barberini and Palazzo Sanesio, Rome

Two lost Mithraic monuments from Rome: one documented in a 1738 catalogue of the Palazzo Barberini as a tauroctony group with scorpion, snake and dog, and another mentioned by Pirro Ligorio as a Mithras panel in the Palazzo del Duca di Sanseverino.

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Tauroctony group with torchbearers in one piece, Rome

A small tauroctony group once in the collection of the sculptor Antonio d'Este in Rome, depicting Mithras as a bullkiller with the two torchbearers, the entire composition carved from a single piece of stone.

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Two tauroctony statues from near Porta Maggiore, Rome

Two tauroctony statues formerly at the Villa del Grande near the Porta Maggiore in Rome, both lacking the upper part of Mithras and the bull's head.

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Tauroctony relief with raven holding fruit from Villa Ludovisi, Rome

A bluish marble tauroctony relief once in the Villa Ludovisi in Rome, showing Mithras slaying the bull with the raven perched on his cloak holding a heart-shaped fruit, the bull's tail ending in ears of grain, and the dressed busts of Sol and Luna in the upper corners…

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Tauroctony relief fragment from the Villa Ludovisi, Rome

A white marble tauroctony relief fragment, in the seventeenth century at the Palazzo Caesiani near the Vatican and later in the Villa Ludovisi in Rome, showing Mithras slaying the bull with dog, serpent and raven, with a cross-legged torchbearer on a base; now lost…

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Tauroctony marble group with bull's tail ending in three ears, Rome

A white marble tauroctony group in the round found near the Forum in Rome in 1919, showing Mithras slaying the bull with dog, serpent and scorpion, the bull's tail ending in three ears of grain; possibly identical with No. 605.

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Unfinished statue of Mithras from the rock, Rome

A stone statue probably found in Rome, depicting a naked Mithras emerging from the rock with his index finger raised to his lips and his right arm broken off, described by Cumont as an unfinished work never completed.

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Lost Mithras relief from the Villa Borghese, Rome

A lost Mithraic relief formerly at the Villa Borghese in Rome, known only through a brief mention in early modern antiquarian literature and no longer traceable.

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Decorated marble base with Mithraic scenes from Rome

Marble base formerly in the Villa Negroni and then the Museo Borgia at Velletri, with bas-reliefs on three sides showing Sol in a quadriga, initiates in Oriental dress and other Mithraic scenes; the collection is now dispersed among museums in Naples and Rome…

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Tauroctony relief with Mithras grasping the bull's horns from Rome

Tauroctony relief formerly in the house of the Alterii near S. Marco in Rome, now of unknown whereabouts, described by Gruterus as showing Mithras pressing both knees onto the bull and grasping its horns with the knife in the shoulder, with scorpion, serpent, raven, Sol and Luna…

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Red ware dish fragment with tauroctony from Rome

Fragment of a red ware dish from Rome, now in the Akademisches Kunstmuseum at Bonn, with a representation of Mithras as a bull-killer sitting astride the bull with a flying cloak.

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Tauroctony statue from Rome, now in Berlin

Marble statue of Mithras slaying the bull, with the dog and serpent directing their heads to the wound and the scorpion at the testicles, probably found in Rome and now in the Altes Museum at Berlin; Mithras' head, front part of his arms and cloak, and the bull's muzzle are lost…

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Cautopates statue from Rome, now in Berlin

White marble statue of Cautopates in Eastern attire, cross-legged, pointing his torch downwards with both hands, probably found in Rome and now in the Altes Museum at Berlin; the head and front part of the left arm are restored.

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Bronze Aion figure with lion head from Rome

Small bronze figure from Rome, probably used as a handle for a patera or knife, depicting the lion-headed Aion with four large wings, entwined in three coils of a serpent, holding a torch in his right hand and a key in his left.

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Arula of L. Spedius Quadratus from Rome

Small marble altar from the house of the guardian of the Cancelleria in Rome, with a dedication of an altar to Sol by L. Spedius Quadratus.

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Altar of P. Octavius Bassus from Rome

Altar from an unknown location in Rome, with a dedication to Sol fulfilling a vow by P. Octavius Bassus, probably the same Bassus associated with the S. Prisca sanctuary.

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Arula of C. Iulius Helius the blacksmith from Rome

Small marble altar from the house of the guardian of the Cancelleria in Rome, dedicated to Sol Sacrum in fulfilment of a vow by C. Iulius Helius, a blacksmith, decorated with a urceus on the left and a patera on the right.

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Base of M. Aurelius Victor dedicated to Sol from Rome

Marble base in poor lettering found in the church of S. Maria de Cacabariis in Rome, recording the dedication by M. Aurelius Victor, vir clarissimus and prefect of the Feriae Latinae, to his patron Iovinus Callidianus, priest of Sol.

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Altar dedicated to Sol Invictus from a cardinal's vineyard, Rome

Partially legible altar from a cardinal's vineyard in Rome, bearing a fragmentary dedication to the Invictus God Mithras Sol.

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