Monumentum
Tauroctony from York
This stone in basso relief of Mithras killing the bull was found 10 foot underground in Micklegate York in 1747.
MITHRAS sacrificing at the vernal equinox
Yorkshire Museum
MITHRAS sacrificing at the vernal equinox
British Library
CIMRM 835
Vermaseren's Corpus
The New Mithraeum
12 May 2021
Relief in white limestone (dolomite) (H. 0.68 Br. 0.60 D. 0.10). Yorkshire Philosophical Society. Found in York 'in digging the foundation of a large house in Mickelgate' (Browning) in 1747.
A weathered representation of Mithras tauroctone in the usual attitude and attire. No animals. On either side a torchbearer. Next to Mithras' head the bust of Sol (l) in radiate crown, and of Luna (r) in crescent.
Under the bullkilling are three other scenes side by side:
Standing person lays his hands upon a person, who squats before him and extends his hands towards the former's thighs (Mithras and Sol)…
A weathered representation of Mithras tauroctone in the usual attitude and attire. No animals. On either side a torchbearer. Next to Mithras' head the bust of Sol (l) in radiate crown, and of Luna (r) in crescent.
Under the bullkilling are three other scenes side by side:
Standing person lays his hands upon a person, who squats before him and extends his hands towards the former's thighs (Mithras and Sol)…
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