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.
The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
TNMM 1164 ↔ CIMRM 671
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.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
