Monumentum
Tauroctony fragment with Cautopates and Luna bust from Rome
Fragment of a small tauroctony relief in the Museo Lateranense, Rome, preserving the bull's head and the upper part of Cautopates pointing his torch downwards with both hands, and the bust of Luna with crescent in the upper corner.
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Updated on May 2026
Fragment (H. 0.28 Br. 0.20 D. 0.05) of a small white marble relief (H. about 0.35 Br. about 0.50). Mus. Lateran, Inv. No. 301A.Gerhard-Platner, 60 No. 316; MMM II 213 No. 33; Amelung, Skulpt. Vat., I (3), 520 No. 318 and Taf. 54.Only the front has been preserved. In a cave Mithras, slaying the bull. Preserved the bull's head and the upper part of Cautopates who points his torch downwards with both hands. In the upper corner the bust of Luna with crescent behind her shoulders.
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