Monumentum
Tauroctony from Mithras and Tellus
This tauroctony relief is distinguished by the rare depiction of Tellus reclining beneath the bull.
Mithras and Tellus Tauroctony.
Michael Fuller
CIMRM 598
Vermaseren's Corpus
The New Mithraeum
21 Sep 2023
Updated on Jan 2026
White marble relief (H. 0.70). Bought by Gerhard in Rome for the Altes Museum in Berlin (1834). During my visit at Berlin, I was not able to study the Berlin monuments personally.
In a cave, Mithras as a bullkiller in the usual attitude and attire. The god is looking at the raven, which is perched on the rocky border. The jumping dog with collar; the creeping serpent; the scorpion.
On the foreground a dressed; reclining woman (Tellus), leaning on her l. arm and resting on her knee a basket with fruits.
In the upper corners the dressed busts of Sol (l) in radiate crown and of Luna in crescent.Lajard, Intr…
In a cave, Mithras as a bullkiller in the usual attitude and attire. The god is looking at the raven, which is perched on the rocky border. The jumping dog with collar; the creeping serpent; the scorpion.
On the foreground a dressed; reclining woman (Tellus), leaning on her l. arm and resting on her knee a basket with fruits.
In the upper corners the dressed busts of Sol (l) in radiate crown and of Luna in crescent.Lajard, Intr…
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