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Tauroctony from Piedimonte

This finely carved marble tauroctony from Interamna features an unusual series of altars and ritual vases surrounding the scene.
 
The New Mithraeum
15 May 2026
White marble relief (H. 0.39 Br. 0.51 D. 0.10), found at Piedimonti near Terni in 1880. Formerly in the house of Marchese Eroli at Narni, nowadays in the Museo Municipale of Terni.Bull. Inst., 1881, 82f; Alcune prose e versi del marchese Giovanni Eroli I, 1885, 523f with fig.; MMM II 253f No. 96 and fig. See fig. 191.Mithras tauroctone in a grotto. The dog, the serpent and the scorpion are present. Another scorpion is under the bull’s tail. The raven on the rock. On either side Cautes (l) and Cautopates (r) in Eastern attire; cross-legged.In the upper corners the bust of Sol in a radiate…

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