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Tauroctony relief fragment from near Nomento, Via Nomentana

A white marble tauroctony relief fragment found at the hill known as Carnale near Nomento on the Via Nomentana, about twenty kilometres from Rome, now in the storerooms of the Museo Nazionale in Rome, dated to the third century AD.

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Updated on May 2026

Fragment of a white marble relief, found together with No. 643 in a small hill called "Carnale" near Nomento, about 20 kilometres from Rome on the Via Nomentana. Now in the storerooms of the Museo Nazionale, Rome.Tauroctony: the ordinary scene of Mithras as a bullkiller. Preserved: the fore part of the dog; the head of the serpent; the fore part of the bull with its head; the left arm of the god with part of his breast in tunica manicata; his right hand with the dagger. The reverse is rough-hewn. Third century AD.

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