Monumentum
Fragment of a Tauroctony from Ostia
This elliptical terracotta fragment from Ostia depicts Mithras as a bullkiller.
The New Mithraeum
8 Nov 2023
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Becatti, Mitrei Ostia, 130 No. 5 and Pl. XXXVIII, 5.
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.