Monumentum
Altar of Pisignano
This low relief on an altar of Mithras killing the bull was found in a church in Pisignano, south of Ravenna.
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The New Mithraeum
25 Oct 2023
TNMM 675 ↔ CIMRM 692
Low-relief (H. 0.80 Br. 0.29 D. 0.22) in the church of Santa Stefano at Pisignano, South of Ravenna. The exact find-spot is unknown, but probably it originates from Pisignano itself.
Mithras tauroctone in Eastetn attire. Around his Phrygian cap an aureole and seven rays. He is looking at the raven, which is perched on a rocky stone behind him. The dog is licking the blood from the wound, the serpent creeps over the ground; the scorpion at the testicles. No torchbearers. Mithras’ r. arm and hand with dagger have got lost.
References
Ducati in Felix Ravenna V, 1912, 191££ with Tav. 15; MM, 231. See fig. 194.
