Monumentum
Tauroctony on display in Boston
This fragmentary relief depicts Mithras killing the bull in the usual manner, remarkably dressed in oriental attire.
Mithras tauroctony exposed in Boston
Andreu Abuín
Detail of Mithras tauroctony exposed in Boston
Andreu Abuín
CIMRM 607
Vermaseren's Corpus
The New Mithraeum
28 Oct 2022
Updated on Oct 2023
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Trust. MFA, 17th Annual Report, 1893, 16f No. 1; MMM II 229f No. 67; GBA VII, 1912,70; Reinach in CAA VII, 1912, 70; RRR II, 200, 4; Caskey, Cat. Boston, 185f No. 106; Saxl, fig. 35. Fig. 174 by courtesy of the Keeper of the Museum.
Mithras in Eastern attire and elegant foot-wear, sits astride on the bull, grasping its lower jaw with one hand and thrusting the dagger into its body with the other. Mithras’ head got lost. The serpent creeps
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