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Tauroctony of Mauls
The relief of Mithras slaying the bull at Mauls in Gallia cisalpina is a paradigmatic example of the so-called Rhine-type Tauroctony.
TNMM476 – CIMRM 1400
Monumentum

Main Tauroctony relief from Dura Europos
The main relief of Mithras killing the bull from the Mithraeum of Dura Europos includes three persons named Zenobius, Jariboles and Barnaadath.
TNMM298 – CIMRM 40, 41
Θεοῦ (sic) Μίθραν ἐπόησεν Ζηνόβιος ὁ καὶ Εἰαειβᾶς Ἰαριβωλέους / στρατεγὸς τοξοτῶν ἔτους δευτέρου πυ̕.
Monumentum

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
Monumentum

Inscription by Velox of Aquileia
Marble slab with inscription by Velox for the salvation of the chief of the iron mines of Noricum.
TNMM603 – CIMRM 747
Pro salute / Tiberi Claudi / Macronis con(ductoris) / fer(rariarum) Nor(icarum) Velox ser(vus) / vil(icus) spel(a)eum cum / omni apparatu fecit.
Monumentum

Tauroctony of the Villa Borghese
This relief of Mithras slaying the bull was erected in Piazza del Campidoglio, moved to Villa Borghese and is now in the Louvre Museum.
TNMM131 – CIMRM 415, 416
Nama Sebesio. / Deo Soli invict[o] Mitrhe (sic!) / C(aii) Aufidii Ianuarius [et…] Nam/a/ ne CS
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Absalmos
The relief depict several unusual scenes from Mithras's myth.
TNMM128
ἐκ τῶν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπὶ ̕Αβσάλμου
Monumentum

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.
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Santa Maria Capua Vetere
The main fresco of the Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere portrays Mithras slaughtering a white bull.
TNMM169 – CIMRM 181
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Fellbach
This relief of Mithras killing the bull, now on display in Stuttgart, includes a small altar with a sacrificial knife and an oil lamp.
TNMM563
Monumentum

Relief de Bourg-Saint-Andéol
The low relief of Bourg-Saint-Andéol depicting Mithras killing the bull has been chiseled on the rock.
TNMM129 – CIMRM 896, 897
Num[ini] . . . . V . . | deum Invictum | T Fur(ius) Iu[stus?] d(e) s(ua) p(ecunia) f(ecit).