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Monuments to Mithras tagged with ‘fax’

Monuments, inscriptions and artefacts related to Mithras and his cult tagged with ‘fax’.

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Tauroctony of Ottaviano Zeno
In this relief of Mithras as bull slayer, recorded in 1562 in the collection of A. Magarozzi, Cautes and Cautopates have been replaced by trees still bearing the torches.
TNMM125 – CIMRM 335
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Tauroctony of Osterburken
Franz Cumont considers the bas relief of Osterburken ’the most remarkable of all the monuments of the cult of Mithras found up to now’.
TNMM176 – CIMRM 1292, 1293
D[eo] S[oli] I[nvicto] M[ithrae] M[er?]catorius Castrensis in suo cons[ituit].
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Coin of Septimius Severus and god on horseback
Coin of Istrus, Moesia Inferior, showing Caracalla on one side and a god on horseback (Mithras ?) on the other.
TNMM518
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Altar of Carnuntum by the Augusti and Caesares
Altar with Cautes and Cautopates dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras as protector of the Tetrarchy in 3rd-century Carnuntum.
TNMM524 – CIMRM 1697, 1698
D(eo) S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / fautori imperii sui / Iovii et Herculii / religiosissimi / Augusti et Caesares / sacrarium / restituerunt.
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Tauroctony from Sisak
This marble relief, found in Sisak, Croatia, shows Mithras killing the bull in a circle of corn ears, gods and some scenes from the Mithras myth.
TNMM784 – CIMRM 1475
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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.
TNMM315 – CIMRM 1423, 1424
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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Petrogeny with hand on head from Nida
This sculpture of Mithras being born from a rock is unique in the position of the hands.
TNMM761
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Fresco scene from Mitreo of Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Fresco showing a scene of initiation into the mysteries of Mithras in the Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere.
TNMM234 – CIMRM 188
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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.
TNMM231 – CIMRM 1247
[Side A:] D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / Silves/trius / Silvi/nius et Silvestrius Pe[rpetus et A]urelius nepos / v(otum) s(olverunt) l(ibentes) l(aeti) m(erito). / Perpetus fra/te[r] artis sutor(iae). …
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Two-sided relief from Konjic
The mithraic relief of Konjic shows a Tauroctony in one side and a ritual meal in the other.
TNMM259 – CIMRM 1896
Deo Soli inv[ict]o Meter[ae].
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Frescoes with standing figures of Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte
The frescoes depict several figures dressed in different garments associated with the Mithraic degrees.
TNMM104 – CIMRM 268
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Cautes of the mitreo di Santa Prisca
The marble statue of Cautes, found in the Mithraeum of Santa Prisca, was originally a Mercury.
TNMM758 – CIMRM 477
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Intaglio with Tauroctony and Lion with bee
This intaglio portrays Mithra slaying the bull on one side, and a lion with a bee, around seven stars, and inscription, on the other.
TNMM546 – CIMRM 2354
CHMEA, KANTEV, KONTEV, KONTEV, KHPIΔEV, ΔAPVNKW, ΛVKVNΣ.
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Tauroctonic medallion from Caesarea Maritima
The small medallion depicts three scenes from the life of Mithras, including the Tauroctony. It may come from the Danube area.
TNMM141
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Petrogeny of Florence
The sculpture of the birth of Mithras in Florence included the head of Oceanus.
TNMM744 – CIMRM 666
Monumentum

Cautes and Cautopates of Sarrebourg
The base of these sandstone reliefs bears an inscription referring to a certain Marcellius Marianus.
TNMM730 – CIMRM 968, 969
ar / ... marli ... Marc/ellius Maria[nu]s de / suo posuit.
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Petrogeny with a sheaf of wheat of Cologne
In this relief of the rock birth of Mithras, the child sun god holds a bundle of wheat in his left hand instead of the usual torch.
TNMM728
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Cultic mithraic vase of Zeughausstraße
The Mithraic vase from Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium in Germany includes Sol-Mithras between Cautes and Cautopates, as well as a serpent, a lion and seven stars.
TNMM378 – CIMRM 1020
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Torchbearer restored as Paris
This sculpture, probably of Cautopates, now in the Musei Vaticani, was transformed into Paris.
TNMM718 – CIMRM 507
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Tauroctony of Capri
It is not certain that the marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was found on Capri, in the cave of Matromania, where a Mithraeum could have been established.
TNMM715 – CIMRM 172