Monumentum
Relief fragment from Labicum
Fragment of a bull-killing relief showing Mithras, the torchbearer Cautes with upraised torch, and the bust of Luna, found at Labicum in the ruins of a Roman villa.
The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
TNMM 911 ↔ CIMRM 210
Fragment of a relief (H. 0.63), found at Labicum "nella vigna di Luigi Domenicis, situata fra Colonna e la strada corriera" in the ruins of a Roman villa. Present owner unknown. Helbig in Bull. Ist. 1864, 92; cf. BCM I, 1872, 275; MMM II 247 No. 87.
Right part of a representation of Mithras as a bullkiller. Preserved the god, the front part of the bull; the torchbearer with upraised torch (Cautes) and the bust of Luna.
Together with this monument fragments were found of smoothed columns with flutes. Moreover a round basin (diam. 0.59). These remnants may point to the existence of a sanctuary at Labicum.
CIMRM II 210
See RE s.v. Labici.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
