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Monuments labelled with tauroctonia

Monuments, temples and other objects related to Mithras labelled with tauroctonia.

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Taurcotony sculpture from Sidon
The Mithras killing the bull sculpture from Sidon, currently Lebanon.
CIMRM 76
From Lebanon
Φλ. Γερόντιος, πατὴρ νόμιμος τῶν τελετῶν τοῦ θεοῦ εὐχαριστῶν αφιερωσάτω τῷ φ̕ ἔτει.
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Mitra de Cabra
The Mithras of Cabra is the only full preserved Tauroctony sculpture found in Spain yet.
CIMRM 771
From Spain
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Tauroctony of the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere
The relief of Mithras slaying the bull from the Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres was discovered in 1802 by Petirini by order of Pope Pius VII.
CIMRM 245, 246
From Italy
A. Decimius A(uli) f(ilius) Pal(atina) Decimianus s(ua) p(ecunia) restituit. // A. Decimius A(uli) f(ilius) Pal(atina) Decimianus aedem / cum suo pronao ipsumque deum solem Mithra / et marmoribus...
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Tauroctony relief of Alba Iulia
The relief of Mithra slaying the bull from Apulum, Romania, has been missing until the scholar Csaba Szabó identified it in the diposit of the Arad Museum.
CIMRM 1938
From Romania
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Tauroctonia del Cortile del Belvedere
White marble relief depicting Mithras slaying the bull, dedicated by Atimetus.
CIMRM 546, 547
From Italy
Soli invicto deo / Atimetus Aug(ustorum) n(ostrorum) ser(vus) act(uarius) praediorum Romaniarorum.
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Tauroctony of the Loggia Scoperta
Currently in the Musei Vaticani, this Tauroctony includes Mithras's birth restored as Venus anaduomene.
CIMRM 556, 625
From Italy
Val(erius) Marinus pater sign(um) ǀ Invicti Mitrhe ex voto po(suit).
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Tauroctony of Santa Maria Capua Vetere
The main fresco of the Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere portrays Mithras slaughtering a white bull.
CIMRM 181
From Italy
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Tauroctony on altar of Ptuj
Remarkable fragmentary sculpture of Mithras slaying the bull on an inscribed altar found in Mithraeum III at Ptuj.
CIMRM 1589, 1590
From Slovenia
D(eo) S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / pro (sa) salute /canaliclari / et actariorum /et codicarior(um) / et librariorum / leg(ionum) V M(acedonicae) et XIII g(eminae) / Gallienarum.
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Tauroctony of Fellbach
This relief of Mithras killing the bull, now on display in Stuttgart, includes a small altar with a sacrificial knife and an oil lamp.
From Germany
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Relief de Bourg-Saint-Andéol
The low relief of Bourg-Saint-Andéol depicting Mithras killing the bull has been chiseled on the rock.
CIMRM 896, 897
From France
Num[ini] . . . . V . . | deum Invictum | T Fur(ius) Iu[stus?] d(e) s(ua) p(ecunia) f(ecit).
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Bronze medallion from Gordian III with tauroctony
The bronze medallion, from Cilicia, shows Mithras Tauroctonus on the revers.
CIMRM 27
From Turkey
Τάρσου μητροπόλεως. Α(ύτονόυ) μ(ητρόπόλεως) Κ(ιλιχίας) γ(ράμματι) β(ουλής).
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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.
CIMRM 1083
From Germany
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Two-sided relief from Rückingen
This remarkable double-sided relief depicts the myth of Mithras and the Tauroctony on one side, and a scene of Mithras the hunter and the banquet of Mithras and the Sol on the other.
CIMRM 1137
From Germany
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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.
From Germany
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Intaglio with Mithras and Kabiros
This intaglio with Mithras killing the bull on one side and Kabiros on the other was probably used as a magical amulet.
CIMRM 2366
From Germany
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Tauroctony of Ottavio Zeno
The relief of Mithras slaying the bull by Ottavio Zeno is lost, but two tablets of Cautes and Cautopates, which were part of the same ensemble, has been exposed at the Louvre.
CIMRM 335
From Italy
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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.
CIMRM 2354
From Italy
CHMEA, KANTEV, KONTEV, KONTEV, KHPIΔEV, ΔAPVNKW, ΛVKVNΣ
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Intaglio with Mithras and Abraxas at the Walters Art Museum
This unusual piece depicts Mithras slaying the bull on one side and the Gnostic god Abraxas on the other.
CIMRM 2364
From Italy
ιαω
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Intaglio of chalcedony at the BnF
This intaglio depicting Mithras killing the bull is preserved at the Bibliothèque national de France.
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Tauroctony of the Villa Borghese
This relief of Mithras slaying the bull was erected in Piazza del Campidoglio, moved to Villa Borghese and is now in the Louvre Museum.
CIMRM 415, 416
From Italy
Nama Sebesio. / Deo Soli invict[o] Mitrhe (sic!) / C(aii) Aufidii Ianuarius [et…] Nam/a/ ne CS