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Monumentum

Tauroctony relief from Verona

A white marble tauroctony relief of unknown provenance, now preserved in the Lapidary Museum of Verona, depicting the standard Mithraic bull-slaying scene.
White marble tauroctony relief from Verona.
 
The New Mithraeum
29 May 2026
White marble relief, find-spot unknown. Verona, Mus. Lap.Mithras as a bullkiller. The dog with a collar and the serpent holding their heads near the wound; the scorpion on the usual place. The god is looking at the raven, which is perched on his flying cloak. The bull’s tail ends in three ears.On either side a standing torchbearer: Cautes (l) and Cautopates (r); cross-legged. In the upper corners the bust of Sol in radiate crown (l) and the bust of Luna (r) with a crescent behind her shoulders.

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