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Monumentum

Tauroctony statue from Rome, now in Berlin

Marble statue of Mithras slaying the bull, with the dog and serpent directing their heads to the wound and the scorpion at the testicles, probably found in Rome and now in the Altes Museum at Berlin; Mithras' head, front part of his arms and cloak, and the bull's muzzle are lost.

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Marble statue (H. 0.27). Altes Museum, Berlin.Verz. ant. Skulpt., No. 216; Mus. Berlin, No. 216; MMM II No. 61 and fig. 57; RRS II, 477, 4.Mithras as a bullkiller. The dog and the serpent direct their heads to the wound; the scorpion at the testicles. Mithras' head, the front part of the arms and his cloak have got lost as well as the bull's muzzle.

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