Monumentum
Zodiacal relief fragment from Catania
Circular marble relief preserving part of the bull, a serpent and zodiacal signs associated with Mithraic iconography.
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
During a visit to the Archaeological Museum at Catania I noticed a fragment of a circular marble relief (H. 0.35 Br. 0.40 D. 0.05). I do not know if it has been published and my letter to the Direction of the Castello Ursino has not yet been answered.Fragment of a circular relief the lower part of which is preserved. R. forefoot and the hoof of the r. hind foot of the bull. Under a horizontal rim is the serpent. In the circular border are two signs of the Zodiac: Wega-Scorpio.
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