Support The New Mithraeum The New Mithraeum is an independent, non-profit project dedicated to Mithraic studies, ancient religions and classical culture. Developed and maintained independently since 2007, the site exists without advertising, paywalls or institutional funding. If you have found value in its articles, interviews, photographs or database, please consider supporting the project with a contribution. Every contribution helps keep The New Mithraeum open, free and alive. Thank you.

Support us →

Monumentum

Tauroctony jasper gem formerly in the Museo Borgiano

Yellow jasper fragment of unknown provenance, formerly in the Museo Borgiano, with a tauroctony on the obverse and a Mithraic figure on the reverse.

The New Mithraeum

29 May 2026

Fragment of a yellow jasper. Formerly Museo Borgiano. I do not know where it is preserved at the moment.Welcker in Zoega 152 No. 42; Lajard, Intr., Pl. CV, 9 and 9a; MMM II 450 No. 9 and fig. 401; Delatte in Mus. Belge XVIII, 1914, 12ff.O b v e r s e: Mithras as a bullkiller (to the l.) turning towards the raven and the scorpion on the ground. The bull’s breast, the dog and the snake got lost.R e v e r s e: Amor and Psyche. Around them: NEIXAPOΠΛHΣ.In the border part of an inscription:NBAΦRENEMOYNOCIAAPIKPIΦIΛEYE.Delatte p. 12 reconstructs as the complete formula:…

The full article is reserved for our members.

Log in or create a free account to access the entire site.