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First Tauroctony relief of Dura Europos

One of the reliefs of the Dura Europos tauroctonies includes several characters with their respective names.
  • First tauroctony from Dura Europos

    First tauroctony from Dura Europos
    CIMRM 

  • First tauroctony from Dura Europos

    First tauroctony from Dura Europos
    CIMRM 

  • First tauroctony from Dura Europos

    First tauroctony from Dura Europos
    CIMRM 

  • CIMRM 37

    CIMRM 37
    Vermaseren's Corpus 

 
The New Mithraeum
23 Jul 2009
Updated on Sep 2023

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Behind the main altar is a small relief (H. 0.42 Br. 0.57 D. 0.10) in white gypsum (see fig. 12, 4 and fig. 14).

The bas-relief shows the usual tauroctone scene of Mithras, who wears Persian clothing (Phrygian cap, flying cloak, tunic, trousers). A dagger sheath is visible at the juncture of the upper garment and the rear guarter of the bull. With his right arm Mithras reaches around the animal's neck and thrusts in the dagger from the front (dagger not visible). From the lower right corner the dog leaps against the bull, holding its nose close to the wound, indicated by the flow of blood,
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CIMRM 42

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CIMRM 48

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