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Tauroctony from Dragu

The tauroctonic relief from Dragu includes a naked flying figure that Vermaseren has identified as Phosporus or Lucifer.

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Mithras standing on the bull from the Villa Altieri

This unusual representation of Mithras standing on a bull was kept in the Casino di Villa Altieri sul Monte Esquilino until the 19th century.

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Mithraic vase of Lezoux

This terracotta vase features prolific decoration, including Mithras Tauroctonos, Fortuna, Cautes, a dog and Pan playing a syrinx.

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Altar to Cautes by Venulus from Ptuj

White marble altar from Mithraeum I at Ptuj, dedicated to Cautes by Venulus and decorated with a bust of the god emerging from foliage.

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Tauroctony from Sarrebourg

The Tauroctony of Saarbourg (Sarrebourg, ancient Pons Sarravi), France, contains most of Mithras deeds known in a single relief.

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Torchbearer statue from Antium

Penthelic marble statue of a standing torchbearer in Eastern attire, cross-legged, with head and torch arm broken off, probably 2nd century A.D., found at Antium (modern Anzio).

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Naked Mithraic figure from Mérida

Marble statue of a naked young man from Mérida, variously identified as a Mithraic torchbearer, a solar figure or a newly initiated member of the cult.

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Cautes statue base from Mithraeum I, Ptuj

White marble base from Mithraeum I at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, with an inscription and the preserved foot and lower garment of a Cautes statue.

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Tauroctony relief from Belkıs

A marble tauroctony discovered in the military quarter of ancient Zeugma, providing the first known evidence for the cult of Mithras at the city.

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Tauroctony from Budaörs

Marble relief from the Mithraic sanctuary founded by brothers Marcus Aurelius Frontinianus and Marcus Aurelius Fronto.

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Cautes and Cautopates statues from Budapest

Pair of limestone torchbearer statues from Aquincum representing Cautes and Cautopates; Cautes preserves a pelta in his left hand.

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Tauroctony from Nicopolis ad Istrum

The Tauroctony of Nicopolis ad Istrum is a rare Mithraic stele bearing two Greek dedications from different phases of its use.

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Two-sided relief of Fiano Romano

The marble shows Mithras slaying the bull, on one side, and Sol and Mithras feasting on a bull skin, on the other.

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Two-sided relief of Dieburg

The relief of Dieburg shows Mithras riding a horse as main figure, surrounded by several scenes of the myth.

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Tauroctony relief from Villa Doria Pamphili

Relief of bluish marble in the Casino of the Villa Doria Pamphili showing Mithras slaying the bull with the usual animals, cross-legged torchbearers, and Sol in a quadriga and Luna in a biga in the upper corners.

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Tauroctony from Târgușor

This limestone relief of Mithras killing the bull bears an inscription by a certain Flavius Horimos, consecrated in a ’secret forest’ in Moesia.

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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.

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Tauroctony from Memphis

Marble tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum of Memphis, depicting Mithras slaying the bull within an architectural niche framed by Cautes and Cautopates.

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Statue of Cautes dedicated by Hymnus

Marble statuette of the torchbearer Cautes bearing the votive inscription HYMNUS INBICTO, probably produced during the second or third century CE and preserved in an old European collection.

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Tauroctony relief from Dülük

Rock-cut tauroctony forming the cult image of Mithraeum I at Doliche, later deliberately defaced by Christian iconoclasts.

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