Monumentum
Mithras carrying the bull
Sculpture depicting Mithras carrying a young bull on his shoulders.
The New Mithraeum
4 Jul 2009
Updated on 14 Apr 2022
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Mithras, in short chiton and shod, carries the young bull on his shoulders.
de Ridder, 60f No. 48 and PI. XXI (see fig. 28); Leipoldt, fig. 31; Saxl, fig. 193.