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Monumentum

Limestone tauroctony relief from Aquincum

This limestone tauroctony from Aquincum preserves Mithras slaying the bull together with Cautopates, the serpent, the scorpion, and the legs of the raven.
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The New Mithraeum
15 May 2026
Relief in limestone (H. 0.64 Br. 0.70 D. 0.19). Found in a quarry in the village of Békásmegyer together with the upper part of a sacrificing altar. Budapest, National Museum.Kuzsinsky in BpR V, 1897, 116 No. 17 and fig.; JOAI 1899 (Beibl.) 55 No. 6 and fig. 17. See fig. 467.The relief is arched and shows Mithras killing the bull whose tail ends in corn-ears. The r. part of the relief is lost. The serpent, the scorpion and the feet of the raven are visible. Behind the bull standing Cautopates not cross-legged.

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