Monumentum
Relief de Bourg-Saint-Andéol
The low relief of Bourg-Saint-Andéol depicting Mithras killing the bull has been chiseled on the rock.
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The New Mithraeum
16 Jun 2009
Updated on May 2026
TNMM 129 ↔ CIMRM 896 & 897
Relief, hewn out in the rock (H. 1.50 Br. 2.00).
In a cave Mithras as a bullkiller. He is dressed in a flying cloak. The dog and the serpent near the wound; the scorpion at the testicles; the raven is perched on the border of the rock. In the upper corners Sol (l) in nimbus and radiate crown, and Luna (r) with a crescent on her head.
CIMRM 897
In the left lower corner, in a frame, an inscription.
Main inscription
Num[ini] . . . . V . . | deum Invictum | T Fur[ius] Iu[stus?] d[e] s[ua] p[ecunia] f[ecit].
To the numina of Augustus. Titus Aurelius… has made this at his own expense.
