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Tauroctony relief from Fleischmann Collection
This relief of Mithras killing the bull includes an unusual owl at the feet of Cautopates and a cock next to Cautes.
TNMM589
Monumentum

Two-sided relief from Rückingen
This remarkable double-sided relief depicts the myth of Mithras and the Tauroctony on one side, and a scene of Mithras the hunter and the banquet of Mithras and the Sol on the other.
TNMM552 – CIMRM 1137
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Tauroctony relief exposed at the Hermitage Museum
The relief marble of Mithras sacrifying the bull, exposed on the Hermitage Museum comes from Rome.
TNMM308 – CIMRM 603, 604
D(onum) deo invicto d(ederunt) / Marci Matti / Fortuna/tus / et Alexander / et Pardus / et Eficax / per Fl(avio) Alexandro patre.
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Aion relief of Mitreo Fagan
This white marble relief depicting a lion-headed figure from Ostia is now exposed at the Musei Vaticani.
TNMM440 – CIMRM 314, 315
C. Valerius Heracles pat[e]r e[t] an[tis]/tes dei iu[b]enis inconrupti So[l]is invicti Mithra[e / c]ryptam palati concessa[m] sibi a M. Aurelio / . . . De Rossi supplies: Commodo Antonino Aug(usto).
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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 of Dardagan
The relief of Mithras killing the bull, found near Zvornik in Bosnia and Herzegovina, features some variations on the usual scene.
TNMM765
Monumentum

Mithraic vignettes of Ptuj
These fragments of a cult relief of Mithras were found at the Mithraeum II of Ptuj, Slovenia.
TNMM680 – CIMRM 1510
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Tauroctony of Mithras and Tellus
This relief of Mithras slaying the bull is unique because of the representation of Tellus lying under the bull.
TNMM623 – CIMRM 598
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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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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)