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Tauroctony from Rome

White marble statue of Mithras killing the sacred bull preserved in the Museo Nacional Romano.
  • Mithras tauroctonus from Rome.

    Mithras tauroctonus from Rome.
    CIMRM

  • CIMRM 531

    CIMRM 531
    Vermaseren's Corpus

 
The New Mithraeum
26 Dec 2024
Updated on May 2026

TNMM 1070 ↔ CIMRM 531

White marble statue (H. 0.92 Br. 0.74). Formerly in the Museum Kircherianum, nowadays Mus. Naz. Terme, Inv. No. 65196.

Mithras, slaying the bull. The dog and the serpent hold their heads near the blood from the wound; the scorpion on the usual place. On Mithras’ Eastern attire traces of red-paint.

MMM 43

Groupe de marbre blanc [H. 0m,75, L à la base 0m,90], conservé au musée Kirche (Collegio romano), n° 63.

Cité: Zoega, p. 148, nº 7.

Mithra tauroctone, comme à l’ordinaire, avec le chien, le serpent et le scorpion.

Travail très médiocre du IIIe siècle, semble-t-il. Brisé en plusieurs morceaux, mais sans parties modernes.

References

Zoega, Abh., 148 No.7; MMM II 217, No. 43; Helbig, Führer, II 280 No. 1659; Paribeni, Terme Diocl., 139 No. 283. See fig. 149 (Sansaini).

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