Monumentum
Chalcedony tauroctony gem from Paris
Fragment of yellowish chalcedony in the Cabinet des Médailles, Paris, formerly in the Millingen collection, depicting the standard tauroctony.
The New Mithraeum
29 May 2026
TNMM 2579 ↔ CIMRM 2363
Fragment of a yellowish chalcedony (H. 0.02 Br. 0.016). Formerly in the Coll. Millingen; from 1806 at Paris, Cabinet des Médailles.
Mithras as a bullkiller in a vaulted grotto. The raven behind his flying cloak; the snake, the scorpion and the dog. Only one torchbearer is represented; he is not cross-legged (r). He holds a torch downwards in each hand (Cautopates). Next to Mithras a crescent and the head of Sol in radiate crown.
References
Chabouillet, Cat. Cam., 263 No. 2031; Lajard, Intr., Pl. CII, 8; Duruy, Hist. Rom., VI, 146 fig.; MMM II 448 No. 2 and fig. 394. See fig. 657 kindly sent by Dr. Jean Babelon.
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
