Monumentum
Tauroctony with stretched bull from Mithraeum II, Ptuj
Marble tauroctony relief from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, distinguished by the bull represented with fully stretched legs; Cautopates is shown resting his head on his hand in a pensive posture.
Tauroctony with stretched bull from Mithraeum II, PtujCIMRM
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
TNMM 1613 ↔ CIMRM 1523
Marble relief (H. 0.45 Br. 0.52 D. 0.06). The r. upper corner is lost. Inv. No. 156.
Abramić, 76f No. 73. See fig. 389.
Mithras tauroktonos. The bull is represented with fully stretched legs. The dog, the serpent, the scorpion not clearly visible, the raven on the grotto's border. On either side a torchbearer. Cautopates (l) cross-legged. He rests his head on his l.h. Cautes (r) not cross-legged holds the torch upwards with both hands. In the l. upper corner the dressed bust of Sol. In the bottom border an inscription:
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
