Monumentum
Taurocotony from Calvi Risorta
In this terracotta relief depicting Mithras as a bull killer found at Cales, now in Calvi Risorta, none of the usual accompanying animals is present.
CIMRM 200
Vermaseren's Corpus
The New Mithraeum
26 Dec 2024
Terracotta relief (H. 0.36 Br. 0.32 D. 0.02), found at Calvi (Cales). Naples, Mus. Naz. (Inv. No. 6854).MMM II 249 No. 91 with fig. 82 (see our fig. 62). Within a decorated frame the representation of Mithras as a bullkiller. The god, dressed in Eastern attire, is standing beside the bull and raises his r.h. in order to kill it with the dagger. None of the usual accompanying animals. As a counterpart of this relief served a terracotta tablet with a representation of Hercules as killer of the Arcadian deer.MMM 91Bas-relief de terre cuite [H. 0m,36, L. 0m,32, E. 0m,02] trouvé à Calvi…
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