Monumentum
Tauroctony found on the Esquiline
This white marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was found on the Esquilino near the Church of Saint Lucy in Selci in Rome.
Esquema de la Tauroctonia encontrada en el Esquilino.
Tauroctony on the Esquiline
Carole Raddato
The New Mithraeum
22 Jun 2009
Updated on Sep 2024
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Zoega Abh. 150 No. 26b and 172f; Gerhard-Platner 75 No. 566; Lajard Intr. Pl. LXXIX 2; MMM II 199 No. 13 and fig.23; Amelung Skulpt. Vat. I (1). 691 No. 368 and Taf. 74. See fig. 106 procured by the Director of the Vatican Musea Dr. Barone Bartolomeo Nogara.
In a grotto Mithras slaying the bull, whose tail ends in three ears. The god is looking at the raven, which is flying into his direction. The dog and the serpent with their heads near the blood from the
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