Monumentum
Mithras tauroctonus and taurophorus vessel from Lanuvium
The red ceramic vessel from Lanuvium shows Mithra carrying the bull, followed by the dog, and the Tauroctony on the opposite side.
Mithraic African cup in terra sigillata.
Carole Raddato
Red vessel of Lanuvium.
Tertullian.org
The New Mithraeum
28 Aug 2021
Updated on Jan 2022
The full article is reserved for our members.
Log in or create a free account to access the entire site.
The inside of the plate shows two opposite representations. Mithras in richly embroidered garments, leans against the bull and kills it with his dagger. The accompanying animals are lacking.
On the other side Mithras in the same attire bears the bull on his shoulders. Behind him a dog with collar.
C. L. Visconti in BCM I, 1872-3 (Roma 1874), 117ff and Taf. III, 2,3; MMM II 248 No. 89 and fig. 80; DS. Dict. Ant. 1953 fig. 5094; Loeschcke, Tr. H. 327f and fig. 16. Fig. …