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Monumentum

Mithras head and tauroctony fragment from the Terni area

Two Mithraic monuments received by the Museo Nazionale delle Terme in Rome in 1896, reportedly from Narni: a small head of Mithras tauroctone in Phrygian cap with traces of red and gilding, and a central relief fragment of Mithras slaying the bull.

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Updated on May 2026

According to a communication by Franz Cumont, the Museo Nazionale delle Terme received in 1896 two Mithraic monuments said to come from Narni.1) Inv. No. 4304: a head of Mithras tauroctone in Phrygian cap. Many traces of red and gilding.2) The central part of a relief with the representation of Mithras slaying the bull.

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