Tauroctony from Viale Latino

Marble statue (H. 0.85 Br. 1.10), found near the Viale Latino, about 200 mtrs from the Porta S. Giovanni. Mus. Capitolino. End of the 2nd cent. A.D. Gatti in BCR LIII, 1925, 301ff and fig. 5. See fig. 108. On a rocky base the statue of Mithras as a bullkiller. The serpent with its head near the wound; the scorpion at the testicles; of the dog only traces of its feet are visible. Mithras’ head and both arms as well as the bull’s head and tail have got lost. Traces of gilt have been preserved on the band, which the bull wears round the body, and also on the tunic of the god.