Monumentum
Tauroctony relief from Aïtodor
Fragmentary tauroctony preserving Mithras, the torchbearers, Sol and Luna from the sanctuary at Aïtodor.
The New Mithraeum
26 May 2026
Four fragments of a marble relief (H. 0.16 Br. 0.20 D. 0.023).E. H. Minns, Scythians and Greeks. Cambridge 1913, 523; 546; IIKA XL, 1911, 15 No. 6 and Pl. IV, 7; Berytus XI, 1954, 52 No. 628, who wrongly lists it as from Nymphaeum. See fig. 239.The central section of the relief is lost, but parts of the heads of Mithras and of the bull are preserved. The upper part of Cautes (r) with upraised torch, Cautopates (l) standing cross-legged and his r. h. with the torch downwards. Parts of the head and body are missing. Hoof of the r. hind-foot and parts of the forefeet of the bull…
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