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.
The New Mithraeum
25 Oct 2023
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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 ha…