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Monumentum

Relief fragment from Tivoli

Fragment of a relief showing Mithras as bull-killer with unusual eagle-headed dagger handle and Sol in a quadriga, from Tivoli (ancient Tibur), known only through an inaccurate engraving by Barbault.

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Fragment of a relief. Barbault, Rec. Mon., 4 who publishes an engraving of it among the monuments from Tivoli. So it may originate from this town. Lost. MMM II 409 No. 288.Mithras as a bullkiller in a grotto. Dog, serpent and scorpion are present. The raven is seated on the rocks of the cave near the face of the god. On either side a torchbearer with upraised torch. The l. torchbearer picks the ears sprouting from the bull's tail. The handle of Mithras' dagger consists of two eagle's heads. In the upper corner Sol in a quadriga and in front of it two tree-trunks, the foliage of which is not visible…

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