Monumentum
Carnelian tauroctony gem from Carnuntum
An oval carnelian gem from Carnuntum showing Mithras tauroktonos in a grotto. Sol and Luna appear above, with both torchbearers and a small altar before the bull.
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The New Mithraeum
27 Feb 2026
TNMM 1401 ↔ CIMRM 1704
Oval carneol (L. 0.028). From Carnuntum. Museum Carnuntinum.
Unpublished. See fig. 443.
Mithras tauroktonus in a grotto. Both torchbearers, not cross-legged and with their torches downwards. The serpent underneath the bull; the scorpion and the dog do not touch the bull. Before the bull a small altar. In the l. upper corner the bust of Sol in seven rays; in the r. upper corner the bust of Luna with crescent upon her head.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
