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Tauroctony of Euthices from Apulum
This marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was made by a freedman who dedicated it to his old masters.
TNMM638 – CIMRM 1935, 1936
D(eo) S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / [pro salute et incolumi]tate M. Aurelii Timothei et Aur(elii) Maximii / [votum nuncupavit sol]vitq(ue) Euthices eorum l[ib(ertus)].
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Tauroctony of Plovdiv
This Mithraic relief of the Danubian type was found in 1940 in the old town of Plovdiv.
TNMM632 – CIMRM 2338
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Flavius Aper altar (CIMRM 1584)
The altar of Ptuj depicts Mithras and Sol on the front and the water miracle on the right side.
TNMM255 – CIMRM 1584, 1585
D(eo) S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / pro sal(ute) d(omini) n(ostri) Gallieni p(ii) f(elicis) / invicti Aug(usti) Fl(avius) Aper v(ir) e(gregius) l(ibens) m(erito).
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Tauroctony relief from Alba Iulia
This marble relief from Alba Iulia contains numerous scenes from the myth of Mithras.
TNMM480 – CIMRM 1958, 1959
D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) T(itus) Aur(elius) F(abia) (tribu) Marcus vet(eranus) leg(ionis) XIII g(eminae).
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Tauroctony from the Mithräum von Heddernheim
This relief is so well-known that it has been reproduced in nearly every handbook of archaeology and of history of religions.
TNMM198 – CIMRM 1083
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Bench mosaics of the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere
Diana-Luna, Mercurius, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus and Mars are depicted in the mosaics on the benches of this mithraeuma.
TNMM609 – CIMRM 241
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Altar of Kalkar
This altar found at ancient Burginatum is the northernmost in situ Mithraic find on the continent.
TNMM507
D(eo) I(nvicto) I(mperatori) / Ulp(ius) ( Am(---) · ( p(ater) / s(acrorum) aes · ex ius-su · ip·sius
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Tauroctony of Sarrebourg
The Tauroctony of Saarbourg (Sarrebourg, ancient Pons Sarravi), France, contains most of Mithras deeds known in a single relief.
TNMM114 – CIMRM 966, 967
In h(onorem) d(omus) d(ivinae) deo inv[ict]o Marceleus Marianus / d(e) / s(uo) p(osuit)
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Mithras petrogenitus from Villa Giustiniani
Mithras rock-born from Villa Giustiniani was holding a bunch of grapes in its raised right hand instead of a torch, probably due to a restoration.
TNMM124 – CIMRM 590, 591
Nama / L(ucius) Fl(avius) Hermadion / hoc mihi libens / d(onum) d(edit).
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Fresco Tauroctony of Mitreo di Marino
The importance of the Mithraeum of Marino lies in its frescoes, the most significant of which is that of Mithras slaying the bull, surrounded by mythological scenes.
TNMM201