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    Mithras taurophorus of Ptuj

    The sculpture of Mithras carrying the bull includes an inscription on its base.

    TNMM316 – CIMRM 1494, 1495

    Transitu / C(aius) Caecina / Calpurnius / temp(lum) redemi(t) et restitu(it).
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    Tauroctony on altar of Ptuj

    Remarkable fragmentary sculpture of Mithras slaying the bull on an inscribed altar found in Mithraeum III at Ptuj.

    TNMM564 – CIMRM 1589, 1590

    D(eo) S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / pro (sa) salute /canaliclari / et actariorum /et codicarior(um) / et librariorum / leg(ionum) V M(acedonicae) et XIII g(eminae) / Gallienarum.
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    Tauroctony on display in Princeton

    This sculpture of Mithras killing the bull may come from Rome, probably found in 1919.

    TNMM282 – CIMRM 605

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    Cautopates of Sidon

    Cautopates sculpture of Sidon features a snake near his left leg.

    TNMM160 – CIMRM 81

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    Mithras carrying the bull

    Sculpture depicting Mithras carrying a young bull on his shoulders.

    TNMM158 – CIMRM 77

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    Cautes of Sidon

    The Sidon sculpture includes a dog jumping between Cautes's legs.

    TNMM159 – CIMRM 80

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    Basin of Mitreo della Planta Pedis

    This marble basin found in the Mithraeum of the Footprint bears an inscription of a certain Umbilius Criton, associated with a monumental tauroctonic sculpture also found in Ostia.

    TNMM531 – CIMRM 275

    [In]victo Mithrae d(onum) d(edit) M(arcus) Umbilius Criton sum Pyladen vil[ico].
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    Tauroctony of Symphorus and Marcus from Aquincum

    This sculpture of Mithras killing the sacred bull bears an inscription that mentions the donors.

    TNMM526 – CIMRM 1768, 1769

    [Sy]mphorus et M(arcus).
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    Cautes with bull head of Sarmizegetusa

    This sculpture of Cautes holding a bull's head was found in 1882 in Sarmizegetusa, Romania.

    TNMM522 – CIMRM 2122, 2123

    V(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).
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    Mithras rock-born from Ptuj

    The sculpture includes a serpent climbing the rock from which Mithras is born.

    TNMM186 – CIMRM 1492, 1493

    Naturae dei / Prudens Primi / Antoni Rufi p(ublici) p(ortorii) / vil(ici) vic(arius).