Monumentum
Tauroctony relief with long-necked bull from Ruše
Small marble tauroctony relief from Ruše, Noricum, depicting Mithras killing the bull in a grotto, notable for the unusually elongated neck of the bull; dog and serpent approach the wound, and the raven perches above.
Tauroctony relief with long-necked bull from RušeCIMRM
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
TNMM 1580 ↔ CIMRM 1449
Small marble relief (H. 0.46 Br. 0.57 D. 0.04). Graz, Joanneum, Inv. No. 107. See fig. 368.
Skrabar in Časopis XVII, 1922, 16f; Hoffiler-Saria, AIJ I, 50 No. 115 with fig.; LeRoy Campbell in Berytus XI 1954, 52 No. 625.
Mithras tauroktonos in a grotto. The bull is represented with a long neck. The serpent and the dog are near the wound, the raven and the scorpion are very unclear. The raven sits on Mithras' flying cloak. Cautes (r) with both hands raises the torch, Cautopates (l) holds the torch downwards with his r.h. and he supports his head with his l.h.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
