Monumentum
Tauroctony from Albergo Constanzi
Only a fragment of this marble group of Mithras killing the bull remains.
The New Mithraeum
18 Sep 2023
TNMM 606 ↔ CIMRM 535 & 536
Fragment of a white marble group (H. 0.65 Br. 0.85). Kept in the inner court of the former Albergo Constanzi, nowadays Collegio Germanico.
On a base, on which an inscription, Mithras, slaying the bull. The bull's nostrils, tail and legs are lost; Mithras' l. knee and traces of his r. leg have been preserved only. Some remnants of the serpent.
CIMRM 536
deum sibi.... sua pecunia.....
Main inscription
deum sibi // sua pecunia
References
Matz-v. Duhn I, 449 No. 1575; MMM II 219 No. 48. CIL VI 31049.
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
