Monumentum
Tauroctony marble group with bull's tail ending in three ears, Rome
A white marble tauroctony group in the round found near the Forum in Rome in 1919, showing Mithras slaying the bull with dog, serpent and scorpion, the bull's tail ending in three ears of grain; possibly identical with No. 605.
The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
White marble group in the round, found near the Forum in Rome in 1919. Mithras as a bullkiller with the dog, the serpent and the scorpion. The folded tail of the bull ends in three ears of grain. Possibly identical with No. 605.
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