Monumentum
Tauroctony statue fragment from Florence, Palazzo Corsini
A white marble tauroctony statue fragment in the Palazzo Corsini in Florence, possibly from the Florentine area, heavily restored, with the upper body of Mithras and the bull's hind quarter with scorpion preserved but hind-legs lost and the god's head replaced by a petasus.
The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
TNMM 1159 ↔ CIMRM 664
White marble statue, in the Palazzo Corsini Lung'Arno at Florence. Find-spot unknown, possibly from the surrounding area.
Of the tauroctony the upper body, the legs and the left arm of Mithras, grasping the bull's head at the nostrils, are preserved. Of the bull the hind quarter survives, but the tail's end and hind-legs are lost. The scorpion is still visible. The group is very restored; on the god's head is now a petasus.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
