Monumentum
Fragment of a Tauroctony from Ostia
This elliptical terracotta fragment from Ostia depicts Mithras as a bullkiller.
The New Mithraeum
8 Nov 2023
TNMM 737 ↔ CIMRM 316
Fragment of a terracotta slab (H. 0.077 Br. 0.11). From Ostia, but the exact find-spot is unknown. Ostia, Antiquarium (Inv. No. 3253).
The fragment has an elliptical shape and is slightly convex. Mithras in oriental dress (Phrygian cap, tunic and flying cloak) as a bullkiller. Scorpion and dog.
References
Becatti, Mitrei Ostia, 130 No. 5 and Pl. XXXVIII, 5.
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
