Tauroctony on display in Boston

White marble relief, the top and r. sides broken off (H. 0.65 Br. 0.84). Anonymously presented to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Inv. No. 92.2692.

Trust. MFA 17th Annual Report 1893 16f No. 1; MMM II 229f No. 67; GBA VII 191270; 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 over the ground;…