Tauroctony relief from Friedberg Mithraeum III

TNMM 1487 ↔ CIMRM 1072

Fragment of a relief in sandstone (H. 0.32 Br. 1.08 D. 0.16), discovered in 1897 in the vestry of the Friedberg town church where it had been walled in. The relief probably belonged to Mithraeum III which has not yet been found. Darmstadt, Museum.

Wolff in WsdZ (Korr.) XVI, 1897, 225ff and fig. 1; AHGA (N.F.) II 317 and Pl. I, 6; Schmidt, Friedberg, 12; Esp. Rec. Germ., 59f No. 89 and fig.

Mithras as a bullkiller. Only the lower part of the tunic and the upper part of the god's legs are preserved. Near the dagger in the wound the head of the dog is visible. Behind the bull the upper part of the body of Cautopates with the torch downwards.