Monumentum
Tauroctony of Split
This damage relief of Mithras killing the bull was found walled into a house near Split, Croatia.
The New Mithraeum
26 Oct 2023
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Mithras kills the bull in a grotto; the god’s r. arm and r.h. are lost. The animal’s tail ends in corn-ears. The dog, the serpent and the scorpion; the raven on the grotto’s border. Cautes (r) holds with two hands the torch upwards; Cautopates (l) holds the torch dow…