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.
The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
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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