The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
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.
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