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Mithras tauroctony on pottery plate from Trier

Three fragments of a pottery plate bearing a relief of Mithras as bullkiller, with Cautes holding an upraised torch and sickle-shaped object and the bust of Luna above, found in the pottery workshops along the Ziegelstrasse at Augusta Treverorum (modern Trier) in Belgica.
 
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Updated on May 2026

TNMM 1366 ↔ CIMRM 994

Three fragments of a plate (diam. 0.14), found in the pottery workshops along the Ziegelstrasse near the Roman Wall, Augusta Treverorum (modern Trier), Belgica.

Pin-shaped handle on the reverse. On the front, a relief of Mithras as a bullkiller in the usual attitude and attire. Of the jumping dog and serpent, only one half of each is preserved. In front of the bull, Cautes with an upraised torch and a sickle-shaped object in his hand. Above him, the bust of Luna.

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