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Monuments including ‘gallus’

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

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Mithraic brooch of Ostia
In the Mithraic bronze brooch found in Ostia, Cautes and Cautopates have been replaced by a nightingale and a cock.
Italy
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Tauroctony of Santo Stefano Rotondo
The relief of Mithras killing the bull of Stefano Rotodon preserves part of his polycromy and depicts two unusual figures: Hesperus and an owl.
Italy
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Aion of Mitreo Fagan
The marble Aion from the lost Mithraeum Fagan, Ostia, now presides the entrance to the Vatican Library.
Italy
C. Valeri/us Heracles pat(er) / et C(aii) Valerii / Vitalis et Nico/mes sacerdo/tes s(ua) p(e)c(unia) p(o)s(ue)r(unt). / D(e)d(icatum) idi(bus) aug(ustis) im(peratore) / Com(odo) / VI et /...
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Terra sigillata bowl depicting the Mithraic cult meal from Trier
This terra sigillata was found in 1926 in a grave on the Roman cemetery of St. Matthias, Trier. An eyelet indicates that it could have been hung on a wall.
Germany
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Mosaics from Mitreo degli Animali
Several figures related to the Mysteries of Mithras are depicted on the mosaics of the Mithraeum of the Animals.
Italy
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Phallus relief from the Mithraeum of Tiddis
The phallus from Tiddis, Algeria, has been represented as a cock.
Algeria
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Four mithraic engravings from Veterum Persarum et Parthorum et Medorum Religionis Historia
The folio depicts three tauroctonies and a Mithras Triumphantes standing on a bull with the globe in one hand and the dagger in the other.
United Kingdom
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Cautes fresco from Mitreo di Santa Maria Capua Vetere
In the Mithraeum of S. Capua Veteres, Cautes stands between two laurel trees.
Italy

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