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Monumentum

Tauroctony relief at Schwarzerden

Rock-cut tauroctony relief at the Mithraeum near Schwarzerden, beginning at 0.70 metres from the floor, with clearly visible scorpion and serpent

The New Mithraeum

28 May 2026

The relief (H. 1.80 Br. 1.90) begins at a height of 0.70 from the floor and shows the normal representation of Mithras as a bullkiller in a grotto. The scorpion and the serpent are clearly visible, but dog and lion are indistinct. There are no more traces of the raven. On either side of the main scene Cautes (r) and Cautopates (l) standing on a base. On either side of the arched border a head is visible (wind-gods?). In the upper corners the head of Sol (l) in a nimbus and the bust of Luna (r) in crescent.

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