Tauroctony in Copenhagen

Marble statue (H. 0.85). Bought at Rome, where it might have been found. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Inv. No. 716.

Ny Carlsberg Glyptoteks ant. kunstw., Pl. XXVI No. 389; Poulsen, Kat. Ny Carlsb. Glypt., 258 No. 389. See,fig. 170, kindly procured by the Keeper of the Museum.

On a base Mithras as a bullkiller in Eastern attire. The god is looking upwards. The dog and the serpent near the wound; the scorpion on the usual place. Some small restorations: Mithras’ nose, a part of his attire and hair, fingers of the l.h. and toes of the r. foot; the bull’s r. ear and horns, part of…