Monumentum
Tauroctony of Chrestos
This relief of Mithras killing the bull, signed by a certain Χρῆστος, is on display in the Sala dei Animali of the Vatican Museum.
Tauroctony relief in Sala dei Animali
Carole Raddato
The New Mithraeum
25 Oct 2023
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Zoega, Abh., 149 No. 15; Gerhard-Platner, 198 No. 34; MMM II 211f No. 31; Amelung, Skulpt. Vat., II (1), 46 No. 17 and Taf. 5. See fig. 158 (Sansaini).
In a cave Mithras, slaying the bull, whose tail ends in three ears. Dog and serpent near the wound; the scorpion on the usual place; the raven is perched on the border of the cave. In the upper corners Sol (l) in diadem and radiate crown, driving upwards in a quadriga; on the other side Luna (r) with crescent behind her shoulders,
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