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Wikipedia, "Tauroctony"

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The crowd sourced encyclopedia's article on the tauroctony, the fixed scene of Mithras slaying a bull that formed the central cult image of Mithraism, read directly for this entry. Its strength is a well corroborated overview of the motif's standard composition and its consistent presence across excavated Mithraea throughout the Roman Empire. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Reliability Tier
3
Wikipedia's article on the tauroctony, the fixed scene of Mithras slaying a bull that formed the central cult image of Mithraism, the lower tier reflecting that it is a crowd sourced, not independently peer reviewed encyclopedia entry, notwithstanding a well corroborated overview of the motif's standard composition and its consistent presence across excavated Mithraea throughout the Roman Empire.
Notes
Read directly. Cited for the general composition of the tauroctony motif and for Mithraism's structure as a mystery cult of ranked initiation, not for the specific Dura-Europos relief's own object facts, which the museum record supplies.
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Wikipedia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tauroctony
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Mithras, Deities

This source names Mithras directly: "on the tauroctony, the fixed scene of Mithras slaying a bull that formed the central cult image of Mithraism, read directly for this entry."

Source Wikipedia, "Tauroctony"
Claims Backed By This Source (16 claims)

This source backs 16 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Sacred Art & Iconography, 7 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 holds, 2 general references.
  • Sources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.
  • Articles, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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