Sandstone tauroctony relief from Carnuntum
CIMRM 1665
Vermaseren's Corpus
TNMM 1379 ↔ CIMRM 1665
Relief in sandstone, broken in two parts (H. 1.20 Br. 1.60 D. 0.20). Vienna (Wien), Kunsthistorisches Museum, Inv. No. I, 17/18. Now in loan in the Museum Carnuntinum in Deutsch-Altenburg.
The relief has been restored very well and it is possible to distinguish the original from the restored fragments. Mithras kills the bull, the tail of which ends in three parts. Of the bull’s head one ear, a horn and the foremost part of the muzzle are lost; of the dog only the r. fore-foot and of the serpent the head and the foremost part of the body are preserved. The scorpion in the usual place. The upper part of the relief with Mithras’ head and arms, the raven, the busts of Sol. and Luna are lost.
References
MMM II 330j and fig. 203; v. Arneth, o.c., 341; LeRoy Campbell in Berytus XI, 1954, 48 No. 154. See fig. 424.
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
