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    Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Pleven

    This relief of Mithras killing the bull in a vaulted grotto lacks the usual scorpion pinching the bull's testicles.

    TNMM662 – CIMRM 2257

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    Tauroctony/Repast of Castra Pretoria

    This fragment of a double relief shows a tauroctony on one side and the sacred meal, including a serving Corax, on the other.

    TNMM651 – CIMRM 397

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    Tauroctony of the Mitreo dell'Esquilino

    This simple relief of Mithras killing the bull without his companions Cautes and Cautopates was found in the so-called Mithraeum of the Esquilino, Rome.

    TNMM645 – CIMRM 357

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    Tauroctony of Memphis

    Discovered in Memphis, Egypt, a second relief depicting Mithras killing the bull.

    TNMM605 – CIMRM 92

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    Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Pisa

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

    TNMM604 – CIMRM 663

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    Monumentum

    Fragments of a Mithriac relief with Jupiter and Sol

    These three fragments of carved marble depict Jupiter, Sol, Luna and a naked man wearing a Phrygian cap, with inscriptions calling Mithras Sanctus Dominum.

    TNMM594 – CIMRM 332, 333

    [Domi]no sanct[o / o]ptimo maxim[o / sa]lutari iussu eius / libens dedit / [M(arcus)] Modius Ag/[atho] cum / [suis pro Faus]to / pat[rono]. Dedit M. Modius [Agatho] / sancto domino / invicto Mithra…
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    Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Dunaújváros (Intercisa)

    The relief of Mithras slaying the bull of Danaújváros was found broken into three parts in a tomb looted in antiquity.

    TNMM411 – CIMRM 1838

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    Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Neuenheim

    The Tauroctony relief of Neuenheim, Heidelberg, includes several scenes from the deeds of Mithras and other gods.

    TNMM205 – CIMRM 1283

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    Monumentum

    Head of Mithras from Angers Mithraeum

    The head of Mithras of Angers has been found a four months after the main relief.

    TNMM207

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    Monumentum

    Cautes of Trier

    This remarkable relief by Cautes was found in what appears to be a mithraeum in Trier.

    TNMM588