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Monuments including ‘sanguis’

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

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MONUMENTUM
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'.
Germany
D[eo] S[oli] I[nvicto] M[ithrae] M[er?]catorius Castrensis in suo cons[ituit]
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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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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 from Domus del Mitreo of Tarquinia
Votive sculpture of Mithras sacrificing the bull from the Mithraeum of Tarquinia.
Italy
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Tauroctony of Bologna
The relief of Mithras killing the bull of Bologna depicts several scenes of the mithraic myth.
Italy
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Bronze plaque of Mithras slaying the bull
Mithras Tauroctony on bronze exposed at the Metropolitan Museum of New York.
MONUMENTUM
Tauroctony exposed in the 'Sala dei Animali' of the Vatican Museaum
This Mithras killing the bull belonged to an artist before being exposed in the Musei Vatican under Pius VI.
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Taurcotonia de Santa Maria Capua Vetere
The main Tauroctony of the Mitreo de Santa Maria Capua Vetere is a fresco including a white bull.
Italy

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