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Monumentum

Tauroctony lower corner with Cautopates from Sarmizegetusa

Fragment of a yellowish marble tauroctony from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the left lower corner with the bull's hind hoof, the crossed legs of Cautopates, and the flame of his downward torch.
 
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
Fragment of a whitish-yellow relief (H. 0.09–0.17 Br. 0.18 D. 0.045).Kiraly, 46f No. 126 and Pl. XXIV, 2. See fig. 546.L. bottom part of a bullkiller representation. The hoof of the bull's hindleg; the crossed legs of Cautopates and the flame of his torch.In the bottom border from l. to r.:1) Partially preserved reclining person (Oceanus?).2) Mithras' taurophorus to the l.

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