Monumentum
CIMRM 1804
This limestone tauroctony from Aquincum preserves Mithras slaying the bull together with Cautopates, the serpent, the scorpion, and the legs of the raven.
Limestone tauroctony from Aquincum.
CIMRM
Limestone tauroctony from Aquincum.
Ortolf Harl 2007
The New Mithraeum
15 May 2026
TNMM 1423 ↔ CIMRM 1804
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.
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.
References
Kuzsinsky in BpR V, 1897, 116 No. 17 and fig.; JOAI 1899 (Beibl.) 55 No. 6 and fig. 17. See fig. 467.
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
