Monumentum
Tauroctony fragment from Aïtodor
Scene from a bull-slaying relief preserving the dagger of Mithras, the dog and the raised torch of Cautes.
The New Mithraeum
26 May 2026
TNMM 1442 ↔ CIMRM 10C
Fragment of a marble relief (H. 0.13 Br. 0.18 D. 0.023).
The foremost part of the bull with the r. knee of Mithras. The god’s r.h. with the dagger. The dog and behind it the torch of cross-legged Cautes with upraised r. arm.
The reverse of the relief has been roughened on purpose so that it could be attached to a wall.
References
IIKA 40, 1911, 17 No. 14B and Pl. VI, 17 (and not Pl. VI, 18 as is indicated); Berytus XI, 1954, 46 No. 6 who uncorrectly places it as from Olbia. See fig. 241.
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
