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Taurocotony from Calvi Risorta

Second terracotta tablet found at Calvi depicting Mithras killing the bull, now at Berlin, Antiquarium.
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The New Mithraeum
26 Dec 2024
Terracotta tablet (H. 0.25), found at Calvi, now at Berlin, Antiquarium (Inv. No. 8492). MMM II 249 No. 92 with fig. 84; Saxl, fig. 39 (see fig. 63). Mithras as a bullkiller. The god is dressed in a flying shouldercape only. Mithras’ head is a restoration.MMM 92Plaque de terre cuite qui paraît avoir servi d’antéfixe (H. env. 0m,25) trouvée à Calvi. Aujourd’hui au musée de Berlin, Antiquarium, Inv. n° 8492. Inédite. Reproduite fig. 84 d’après une photographie, que le Dr Pernice a bien voulu faire exécuter pour moi. Mithra taurectone sans aucun des animaux accessoires, sauf peut-être le scorpion…

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