Monumentum
Taurcotony statue of the Esquiline Hill
Except for the serpent, the sculpture of the taurcotony found on the Esquiline Hill lacks the usual animals that accompany Mithras in sacrifice.
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12 Jan 2022
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Mithras Tauroctonos from the Mithraeum of piazza Dante in Rome
Carole Raddato (CC BY-SA 2.0)
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White marble statue (H. 0.88 Br. 0.78). Museo Capitolino.
Mithras, looking upwards, slaying the bull. On the base a creeping serpent; the other animals are missing. The god's r.h. with the dagger, and his cloak are not preserved; a part of the bull's tail got lost.
Visconti in BCM 1874, Pl. XXI; Lanciani, Rome, 193; MMM II 202 No. 17 and fig. 27; RRS II 477, 1; Saxl, 46 and fig. 134. See fig. 99.
Mithras, looking upwards, slaying the bull. On the base a creeping serpent; the other animals are missing. The god's r.h. with the dagger, and his cloak are not preserved; a part of the bull's tail got lost.
Visconti in BCM 1874, Pl. XXI; Lanciani, Rome, 193; MMM II 202 No. 17 and fig. 27; RRS II 477, 1; Saxl, 46 and fig. 134. See fig. 99.
Data
- Location
Mitreo della Piazza Dante, Esquiline hill, Latium (Italia) Rome (Italy) - Type
- Labels
- Dimensions H. 88 W. 78 D. cm
- Dating 3rd century
- Discovery date 1874
- Material Marble (white)
- Canonical URI
mithraeum.eu/monument/380
- CIMRM 352
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