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Monumentum

Tauroctony relief with white enamel pupils from Rome

A tauroctony relief from Rome, formerly in the Hoffmann Collection, showing Mithras slaying the bull with dog, serpent and scorpion, with the god's pupils fashioned from white enamel and the whole piece heavily restored.
 
The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
Tauroctony showing the dog, the serpent and the scorpion. The bull whips its own flank with its tail. The god's pupils are formed from white enamel. Heavily restored.

CIMRM II 613
'Fortement restauré.'

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