Monumentum
CIMRM 370 & 371
White marble statue found near the Scala Santa in Rome depicting Mithras as bull-slayer, accompanied by the dog, serpent and scorpion, with the bull’s tail ending in ears of grain.
The New Mithraeum
6 Apr 2026
White marble statue (H. 1.29 Br. 1.30 base), found "pochi metri della Scala
Santa" (Visconti) about 1853. Rome, Mus. Lateran, Inv. No. 343.
Visconti in Giornale di Roma, 14th Nov. 1853; Braun, Ruinen Roms, 749 No.
21; Benndorf-Schoene, 117 No. 199; MMM II 206 No. 20; Helbig, Führer, II,
12 No. 1163 (391); Colini, Celio, 48 and 363; Anderson, No. 26376 (see fig. 107).
Mithras as a bullkiller. The bull’s tail ends in five ears. Beside the god’s r. leg
the sheath. The dog and the serpent near the wound; the scorpion on the usual place.CIMRM 371At the same time as the No…
Santa" (Visconti) about 1853. Rome, Mus. Lateran, Inv. No. 343.
Visconti in Giornale di Roma, 14th Nov. 1853; Braun, Ruinen Roms, 749 No.
21; Benndorf-Schoene, 117 No. 199; MMM II 206 No. 20; Helbig, Führer, II,
12 No. 1163 (391); Colini, Celio, 48 and 363; Anderson, No. 26376 (see fig. 107).
Mithras as a bullkiller. The bull’s tail ends in five ears. Beside the god’s r. leg
the sheath. The dog and the serpent near the wound; the scorpion on the usual place.CIMRM 371At the same time as the No…
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