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Monumentum

Tauroctony from Santiponce

This unfinished Mithras tauroctonos without the usual surrounding animals was found in 1923 in Italica, near Seville, Spain.
Taurcotony of Santiponce
Taurcotony of SantiponceMitra en Hispania
 
The New Mithraeum
21 Oct 2023
Updated on May 2026

TNMM 659 ↔ CIMRM 769

White marble relief (H. 0.31 Br. 0.35), found in Italica (Santiponce) 'en la calle de Doña Saturnino' in 1923. Mus. Arq. Sevilla.

Primitive engraved representation of Mithras in usual attitude and attire, slaying the bull. No further animals; no torchbearers.

A quadrangular white marble plaque made from the five surviving fragments. The relief, carved in shallow relief, shows a figure wearing a Phrygian cap, a tunic with sleeves and a cloak flying to the left. With his left hand he holds the muzzle of a bull, which he dominates with his right leg pressed against its back. There is no doubt that this is a representation of an unfinished tauroctony. It was found in 1923 in calle Doña Saturnina, number 10.

CIMRM II 769

H. 0.31 Br. 0.35 D. 0.07.

H. Sichtermann in JdI 69, 1954, 380f and fig. 58.

References

Garcia y Bellido in AEA 81, 1950, 367f and figs. 11-12.

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