Monumentum
Tauroctony relief with raven holding fruit from Villa Ludovisi, Rome
A bluish marble tauroctony relief once in the Villa Ludovisi in Rome, showing Mithras slaying the bull with the raven perched on his cloak holding a heart-shaped fruit, the bull's tail ending in ears of grain, and the dressed busts of Sol and Luna in the upper corners.
The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
Relief of bluish marble. Once in the Villa Ludovisi.Mithras as a bullkiller. The bull's tail ends in ears. The dog, the serpent and the scorpion are on the usual places. The raven is perched on Mithras' cloak and holds a heart-shaped fruit in its beak. In the upper corners the dressed busts of Sol with radiate crown on the left, and of Luna with crescent on the right.
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