Monumentum
Tauroctony relief with corn-ear tail from Petronell
Marble tauroctony relief from Petronell, ancient Carnuntum in Pannonia Superior, with the bull's tail ending in corn-ears; no scorpion is depicted, and Cautes holds the upraised torch.
Tauroctony relief with corn-ear tail from PetronellCIMRM
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
TNMM 1737 ↔ CIMRM 1721
Marble relief (H. 0.39 Br. 0.41 D. 0.02–0.04), found at Petronell. Graf Traun's private collection.
See fig. 447 (after a copy of the original in the Museum Carnuntinum).
Mithras kills the bull, whose tail ends in corn-ears. Raven, dog and serpent, but no scorpion. Cautes (r) holds the torch upwards in his r.h.; Cautopates (l) holds the torch downwards with both hands. Not cross-legged. In the upper corners: bust of Sol (l) in nimbus and crown of nine rays; bust of Luna (r) in nimbus.
Traces of red on Mithras' mantle and Phrygian cap, the grotto was painted blue.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
