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Fragmentary tauroctony relief from Rome

Fragmentary relief corner depicting Mithras as bull-slayer, preserving the bull’s hindquarters, scorpion, serpent and part of a torchbearer, with a partial inscription.

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13 Jan 2026

The left lower corner of a relief (H. 0.27 Br. 0.24 D. 0.08), discovered near S. Pietro in Vincoli "nelle cantine della reale scuola d’applicazione degli ingegneri". Actual owner unknown. Ricci in BCR 1891,205 No.6; MMM II 480 No. 19bis. Of the representation of Mithras as a bullkiller, only the bull’s hind-quarter, pressed down by the god, the scorpion, the serpent and the lower part of the left torchbearer have been preserved. On the lower rim an inscription:CIMRM 365CIL VI 31050; MMM II No. 76b. D(eo) S(oli) i(nvicto) Tib(erius) ...

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