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Monumentum

Imprint of a gem with Mithras killing the bull

Glass paste imprint depicting the Tauroctony surrounded by symbolic figures.

Mithras Tauroctony cameo
Arachne

The New Mithraeum

28 Dec 2020

Updated on Jan 2022

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Imprint showing the Tauroctony with the scorpion, dog and snake, framed by Cautes and Cautopates. The image includes several symbolic elements among which the Sun and the Moon can be annealed, Jupiter's ray, the caduceus, a dolphin, a raven or eagle, a palm, an arrow, a sickle.