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Monuments including ‘canis’

Monuments, mithraea and other objects related to Mithras, his cult and related subjects.

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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.
Germany
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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.
Italy
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Relief of Tauroctony from Sidon
The relief of the Sidon Tauroctony includes the signs of the zodiac and the four seasons, among other common elements.
Syria
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Tauroctonia de la 'Loggia Scoperta'
Currently in the Musei Vaticani, this Tauroctony includes Mithras's birth restored as Venus anaduomene.
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Tauroctony of Rome, now in the British Museum
The sculpture of Mithras slaying the bull was transported from Rome to London by Charles Standish in 1815.
Italy
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Tauroctony of Quirinale
This sculpture of Mithras sacrificing the bull was found in the Quirinal and is now on display in the Musei Capitolini.
Italy
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Tauroctony of Asciano
The marble Tauroctony of Asciano, Siena, was donated by Franz Cumont to the Academia Belgica, Rome.
Italy
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Tauroctony of St. Andrä vor dem Hagenthale
The votive image was donated by a certain Verus for a mithraeum which was probably located in the hinterland of the Limes.
Austria
D(eus) I(nvictus) M(ithras) VERUS PRO SALUTE / COMACIA(E) ET COM(MAGENORUM) V(otum) S(olvit) L(ibens) M(erito)
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Re-used Neolithic axe-head inscribed with a Tauroctony
According to Christopher A. Faraone, the axe-head from Argos belong to a category of thunderstones reused as amulets.
Greece
βακαζιχυχ παπαφειρις
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Imprint of a gem with Mithras killing the bull
Glass paste imprint depicting the Tauroctony surrounded by symbolic figures.

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