Monumentum
Tauroctony from Dunaújváros (Intercisa)
The relief of Mithras slaying the bull of Danaújváros was found broken into three parts in a tomb looted in antiquity.
Relief of Mithras slaying the bull of DunaújvarosIntercisa Múzeum
The New Mithraeum
19 Jan 2022
Updated on Jun 2023
TNMM 411 ↔ CIMRM 1838
The relief of Mithra slaying the bull at Danaújváros follows the usual iconography of tauroctonies. Mithra kills the bull with a dagger while looking at the raven with the Sun on the left and the Moon on the right. The scorpion on the bull's testicles. The snake rises up attracted by the wound that the dog licks. The ears emerge from the bull's tail. Ears emerge from the bull's tail. Cautes raises his torch to the left and Cautopates lowers it to the left of the composition.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
- Tóth, István - Zsolt, Visy (1986) Das grosse Kultbild des Mithräums und die Probleme des Mithras-Kultes in Intercisa.
