Monumentum
Tauroctony from Cluj
Several elements, such as the snake, scorpion or dog, are missing from this tauroctony relief of Cluj.
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The New Mithraeum
23 May 2021
Updated on Oct 2023
TNMM 280 ↔ CIMRM 2025
Basic representation of Mithras as bullkiller (Tauroctonos), without Phrygian cap. No dog, serpent or raven. Cautes (in Phrygian cap) with upraised torch, Cautopates before the bull without Phrygian cap. Busts of Sol (left) and Luna (right).
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
