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Monumentum

Tauroctony statue fragment from Rusellae

A white marble statue fragment from Rusellae in Etruria, now in the Museum of Grosseto, preserving the upper body of Mithras tauroctone with the head and neck of a different marble; both legs, the left arm and the right arm from the elbow are lost.

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Updated on May 2026

Fragment of a white marble statue, found at Rusellae, now in the Museum of Grosseto.The upper part of the body of Mithras tauroctone. Head and neck are of a different kind of marble. Besides the two legs, the left arm and the right arm (from the elbow) have got lost.

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