Monumentum
Tauroctony relief from Königshoffen
Grey sandstone tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Königshoffen, heavily restored, depicting Mithras killing the bull with Cautes and Cautopates and the busts of Sol and Luna; only the lower part of Cautopates and the crossed legs are original.
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
TNMM 2240 ↔ CIMRM 1358
Fragments of a relief in bright grey sandstone (H. 0.60 Br. 0.85) found near 9. It probably stood against the south wall.
Forrer, MH 58 and Pl. XX, 1; Esp. Rec. Gaule VII, No. 5532f and fig.
A representation of Mithras as a bullkiller with Cautes (r) and Cautopates (l) and the busts of Sol (l) and Luna (r). The relief has almost completely been restored, because only the lower part of Cautopates' crossed legs, the head of Sol and the Phrygian cap of Mithras have come down to us.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
