Monumentum
Tauroctonia de Walbrook
The image of Mithras killing the bull, found near Walbrook, is surrounded by a Zoadiac circle.
The New Mithraeum
14 Jun 2009
Updated on Oct 2022
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In the middle of the relief the representantion of Mithras tauroctone. A part of the god's flying cloak with the raven are lost. The dog and the serpent with their heads near the wound; the scorpion at the testicles. On either side a torchbearer: Cautes (l) and Cautopates (r).
This main scene s surrounded by a broad circle, in which the signs of the Zodiac. Beginning at Cautes' feet we see subsequently:
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