The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
Seven fragments of a marble relief (H. 0.31 Br. 0.54 D. 0.025).Kiraly, 49f No. 130 and Pl. XVI who reproduces still an eighth fragment (see following No. 2039) which does not belong to this monument. See fig. 536.Mithras as a bullkiller. Preserved: Mithras' r. foot, the foremost part of the bull, the dog and the snake, the point of the dagger. The lower part of a cross-legged torchbearer (Cautes); his arms and his hands are lost. Behind him a vase above which a lion in vertical position. Behind the bull the r. leg of Mithras taurophorus is visible as well as the bull's head and forefeet…
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