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Monuments in Etruria: TNMdB

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Statue of Cautes dedicated by Hymnus

Marble statuette of the torchbearer Cautes bearing the votive inscription HYMNUS INBICTO, probably produced during the second or third century CE and preserved in an old European collection.

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Sculpted head from Florentia

Head formerly associated with Mithraic material but interpreted by Margarete Bieber as a dying Giant.

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Tauroctony relief in peperino from near Vicus Matrini, Via Cassia

A badly damaged tauroctony relief carved in peperino, fixed high into a wall of the old farm known as Le Capanacce on the Via Cassia near Vicus Matrini in Etruria, showing Mithras as a bullkiller in a vaulted cave with serpent, the head and left arm of the god lost…

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Tauroctony relief with torchbearers from Settignano, near Florence

A rectangular marble tauroctony relief found in Etruria, once in the Villa Martin at Settignano near Florence, showing Mithras slaying the bull with Cautes and Cautopates in Eastern attire cross-legged on either side and the busts of Sol and Luna in the upper corners;…

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Tauroctony statue fragment from Florence, Palazzo Corsini

A white marble tauroctony statue fragment in the Palazzo Corsini in Florence, possibly from the Florentine area, heavily restored, with the upper body of Mithras and the bull's hind quarter with scorpion preserved but hind-legs lost and the god's head replaced by a petasus…

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Tauroctony statue fragment from Rusellae

A white marble statue fragment from Rusellae in Etruria, now in the Museum of Grosseto, preserving the upper body of Mithras tauroctone with the head and neck of a different marble; both legs, the left arm and the right arm from the elbow are lost.

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Cippus of Myron the slave, dedicated for Prunicianus, from Arezzo

A small marble cippus found in an old wall near the church of San Niccolò in Arezzo (ancient Arretium), bearing a dedication by Myron, a slave, to the Invincible Holy and Safe god for the welfare of his master Prunicianus.

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Tauroctony relief from Soriano nel Cimino

A white marble tauroctony relief found near a Roman villa on the northern slope of Mount Ciminus near Soriano nel Cimino in Etruria, showing Mithras slaying the bull with dog, serpent and scorpion, the bull's tail ending in three ears of grain, the god's resting leg abnormally small…

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Inscription of L. Avillius Rufinus from near Vicus Matrini

A brief dedicatory inscription carved in the lower corner of the tauroctony relief from near Vicus Matrini on the Via Cassia in Etruria, recording L. Avillius Rufinus as dedicant.

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Tauroctony relief from Sutri

A marble tauroctony relief, broken in two pieces, found at Sutri in Etruria in 1896 and now in the Museo Nazionale delle Terme in Rome, with raven, dog, serpent and scorpion present, the upper part with the heads of Sol and Mithras broken off and Luna's bust alone preserved…

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Mithraeum in the Curia building at Cosa

Second-century Mithraeum discovered in the lower storey of the Curia complex at Cosa.

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Heliodromus inscription of Cerveteri

This inscription by a certain Memmius Placidus is the first ever found signed by a Heliodromus.

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Petrogeny from Florence

The sculpture of the birth of Mithras in Florence included the head of Oceanus.

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Mitreo di Sutri

The Mithraeum of Sutri was built inside a rocky hill that also hosted the Roman theatre of the city.

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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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Mitreo di Capodimonte

The Mithraeum of Visentium, near Capodimonte in Viterbo, was carved grotto-style into a tuff cliff overlooking the waters of Lake Bolsena, just a few dozen metres away.

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Mitreo di Cosa

The Mithraeum was inserted into the basement of the basilica-theater by the 3rd century.

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Tauroctony from Pisa

This white marble relief of Mithas killing the sacred bull was found embedded in the building of a noble family in Pisa.

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Mitreo di Vulci

The Mithraeum of Vulci is remarkable because of his high benches and the arches below them.

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