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Tauroctony relief from Friedberg Mithraeum II

Marble relief fragment showing Mithras slaying the bull, originally belonging to a lost second Mithraeum at Friedberg.

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27 May 2026

Fragment of a marble relief (H. 0.60 Br. 0.56 D. 0.30). Found in the wall of the cemetery west of the gymnasium. It comes from Mithraeum II, the situation of which is not known. Darmstadt, Museum.Wolff in KGV 1882, 91ff and fig.; Römerkastell Gr. Kr., 40f; R. Schäfer in KGV 1895, 317f and Taf. I, 8; WsdZ (Korr.) 1894, 227ff and fig. 2; Buchhold, Mus. Darmstadt, 31f No. 248; MMM II 359f No. 249; Schmidt, Friedberg, 12. See fig. 270.Torso of Mithras as a bullkiller with parts of the arms and of the thighs. Head lost. The god is dressed in a tunic.

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