Tauroctony of via di Borgo

Relief of travertine (H. 0.90 Br. 1.81 D. 0.11), found along the Via di Borgo S. Agata in 1862. Museo Capitolino, Inv. No. 1204.

Brunn in Bull. 1st. 1862, 150ff; C. L. Visconti in Ann. 1st. 1864, 177ff and PI. N; MMM II 199 No. 14 and fig. 24; Stuart Jones, Sculpt. Pal. Cons., Sc. V, 5 and PI. 101; Santangelo, Quirinale, 144. See fig. 105 with kind permission of our friend Dr C. Pietrangeli.

Mithras slaying the bull, whose tail is ending in ears. Round the bull’s body a band. The dog, the serpent and the scorpion on the usual places. Behind this scene a large tree, behind which a

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