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Mithras rock-birth fresco of Hawarte
In one of Hawarte's frescoes, the rock birth of Mithras is preceded by Zeus and followed by the young Persian god suspended from a cypress tree.
TNMM343
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Tauroctony of Circo Massimo
This marble relief depicting Mithras as a bull slayer was found in the back room of the Mithraeum of the Circus Maximus.
TNMM742 – CIMRM 437
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Tauroctony of the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere
The relief of Mithras slaying the bull from the Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres was discovered in 1802 by Petirini by order of Pope Pius VII.
TNMM144 – CIMRM 245, 246
A. Decimius A(uli) f(ilius) Pal(atina) Decimianus s(ua) p(ecunia) restituit. // A. Decimius A(uli) f(ilius) Pal(atina) Decimianus aedem / cum suo pronao ipsumque deum solem Mithra / et marmoribus e…
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Gnostic amulet with Mithras monogram
This silver amulet depicts Abraxas on one side and the first verses of the Book of Genesis in Hebrew on the other.
TNMM549
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Tauroctony of Santo Stefano Rotondo
The relief of Mithras killing the bull of Stefano Rotodon preserves part of his polycromy and depicts two unusual figures: Hesperus and an owl.
TNMM365
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Tauroctonia del Cortile del Belvedere
White marble relief depicting Mithras slaying the bull, dedicated by Atimetus.
TNMM210 – CIMRM 546, 547
Soli invicto deo / Atimetus Aug(ustorum) n(ostrorum) ser(vus) act(uarius) praediorum Romaniarorum.
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Tauroctony on displya at the Getty Museum
This fragmentary scupture of Mithras killing the bull belongs to the Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA.
TNMM538
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Perge
The Mithraeum of Pamphylia was cut back into the rock to form a cave, with a separate relief of Mithras killing the bull.
TNMM508
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Tauroctony relief of Sarmizegetusa
This relief of Mithras slaying the bull incorporates the scene of the god carrying the bull and its birth from a rock.
TNMM432 – CIMRM 2063
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Tauroctony from Vermaseren's private collection
Maarten Vermaseren acquired this rosso antico marble of Mithras slaying the bull in 1961.
TNMM376