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Monumentum

Tauroctony relief corner from Budapest

Right upper corner of a white marble tauroctony relief from Budapest, ancient Aquincum or its vicinity, in the National Museum since 1868, preserving part of the grotto border and divine busts.
 
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
The following three monuments are in Budapest, but their origin is not known.R. upper corner of a white marble relief (H. 0.15 B. 0.21), since 1868 in the National Museum, Budapest.MMM II 323 No. 215 and fig. 189; Saxl, fig. 95. See fig. 466.Of the representation of Mithras as a bullkiller only the damaged Phrygian cap is preserved. The scene is surrounded by a wreath of leaves. Before the cap the upper part of Mithras' rockbirth. In his upraised hands the god holds a torch (r.h.) and a knife (l.h.). Three altars beside the cap, originally probably seven altars were represented.Outside of the wreath from l. to r…

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