Monumentum
Tauroctony forepart with Cautes from Mithraeum II, Ptuj
Foremost portion of a marble tauroctony relief from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving the bull's forepart, the serpent's head, the turning dog, and Cautes raising the torch with both hands.
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
TNMM 1633 ↔ CIMRM 1544
Foremost part of a marble relief. Inv. No. 160.
Mithras as a bullkiller. One sees only the foremost part of the bull; the head of the serpent; the dog turning its head and Cautes who with both hands raises up the torch (head lost). Underneath it an inscription:
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
