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Monumentum

Tauroctony fragment from Rockenhausen

Grey limestone relief fragment from Rockenhausen found at the Pfingstborn spring, preserving part of the bull-slaying scene
 
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28 May 2026

TNMM 2187 ↔ CIMRM 1272

Fragment of a relief in grey limestone (H. 0.47 Br. 0.30 D. 0.10–0.15), found at the "Pfingstborn" near Rockenhausen. Speyer, Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Inv. No. 1591a.

Hildenbrand, Mithras im Pfalz, 202ff and fig.; Esp. Rec. Gaule VIII, 104 No. 6036.

Remnants of standing Cautopates in short tunic and cross-legged; parts of the torch; head lost.

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