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Fragment of Greek marble relief of Mithras tauroktonos from Via Borgo Vecchio, Rome

Fragment of a Greek marble relief found in the Via Borgo Vecchio, preserving only the lower part of Mithras as bull-killer in tunic and flying cloak, with a Cautes bearing an upraised torch behind the bull.

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Updated on May 2026

Fragment of a Greek marble relief (H. 0.35 Br. 0.30 D. 0.12), found in the Via Borgo Vecchio. The present owner unknown. Was in 1896 in the buildings of the Commissione archeologica.BCR 1891, 296; MMM II 208 No. 24.Of the representation of Mithras as a bullkiller only the lower part has been preserved. The god is dressed in a tunic and flying cloak; his head, his l. leg and a part of his r. leg have got lost. Behind the bull whose tail ends in ears, a torchbearer is standing with upraised torch (Cautes).

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