Monumentum
Great tauroctony from Stockstadt
Large red sandstone tauroctony relief from Mithraeum I at Stockstadt, mostly thrown into the river Main when the sanctuary was destroyed
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
TNMM 2063 ↔ CIMRM 1159
Fragments of a large relief (H. 1.45 Br. 1.60) in red sandstone. When the sanctuary was destroyed, the greater part of the relief was thrown in the river Main.
Drexel, 81f No. 1; Esp. Rec. Germ., 183 No. 284.
Of the representation of Mithras as a bullkiller only the r. upper arm with elbow; the r.h. with knob of the dagger, the lower part of his r. leg and part of the dreas are preserved. Only one of the hoofs of the bull. The l. torchbearer is badly damaged. His head, parts of his breast and his arm with hand holding the torch have been discovered.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
