Small relief of primitive Tauroctony at Museo Capitolino

Small marble relief (H. 0.20 Br. 0.25 D. 0.06). Museo Capitolino, Inv. No. 1198.Primitive representation of Mithras, slaying the bull. No torchbearers, no Sol and Luna. The raven perched on Mithras’ flying cloak; the dog and the serpent with their heads near the wound; the scorpion on the usual place.