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Monuments to Mithras tagged with ‘sol’

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

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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this relief of Mithras as bull slayer, recorded in 1562 in the collection of A. Magarozzi, Cautes and Cautopates have been replaced by trees still bearing the torches.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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Tauroctony of Naples
The marble relief of Mithras killing the bull in Naples bears an inscription that calls the solar god omnipotentis.
TNMM464 – CIMRM 174, 175
Omnipotenti Deo Mithrae Appius / Claudius Tarronius Dexter v(ir) c(larissimus) dicat.
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Altar of Chrestion from Alba Iulia
In 1852, Károly Pap, a naval captain, unearthed several Mithraic monuments in his garden at Marospartos, including this altar.
TNMM666 – CIMRM 1945
Invicto / Mythir/ae Chr/estion / v(otum) s(olvit).
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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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Intaglio with Tauroctony from Munich
This heliotrope gem, depicting Mithras slaying the bull, dates from the 2nd-3rd century, but was reused as an amulet in the 13th century.
TNMM550
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Intaglio with Tauroctony from The Met
This small magical jasper gem shows Sol in a quadrigra on the recto and Mithras as a bull slayer on the verso.
TNMM769 – CIMRM 2361
ABLANATHANALBA TUXEUI.
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Altars of Sol and Luna from Mundelsheim
The altars of the gods of the Sun and Moon found in the Mithraeum of Mundelsheim wear openwork segments that could be lighten from behind.
TNMM386
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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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Taurcotony of Nesce
The relief of Mithras slaying the bull of Nersae includes several episodes from the exploits of the solar god.
TNMM420 – CIMRM 650, 651
Apronianus rei p(ublicae) ark(arius) sua pecunia fecit.
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Tauroctony on intaglio
Large intaglio engraved with Mithras as bull slayer surrounded by a peculiar version of Cautes and Cautopates and other celestial deities.
TNMM755
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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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Altar with Sol’s head from Altbachtal
This stone altar fround in Altbachtal bears an inscription by a certain Martius Martialis.
TNMM747 – CIMRM 986
D(eo) i(nvicto) S(oli) / Martius Martialis / pater / in suo posuit.
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Bust of Sol from San Clemente
This marble bust of Sol, found in the Mitreo di San Clemente, had five holes in the head where rays had been fixed.
TNMM738 – CIMRM 343
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Tauroctony of Arshawi-Kibar
This relief of Mithras as bull slayer is surrounded by Cautes and Cautopates with their usual torch plus an oval object.
TNMM224 – CIMRM 71
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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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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
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Tauroctony of Gimmeldingen
This relief of Mithras killing the bull found in Gimmeldingen, Germany, lacks the usual raven.
TNMM693 – CIMRM 1314