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Monumentum

Tauroctony carnelian from Epidaurum

White carnelian with red stripes, reportedly acquired at Epidaurum, depicting what may be Mithras as bull-slayer before a burning altar surmounted by a crescent and a nine-rayed star.
 
The New Mithraeum
29 May 2026
White carneole (0.018) with red stripes; bought by A. Evans at Epitaurum.A. Evans in Archaeologia XLVIII, 1884, 22f and fig. 8; MMM II 448 No. 5 and fig. 398.Mithras(?) as a bullkiller before a burning altar above which a crescent and a star with nine rays.

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