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Tauroctony marble from Mitreo Fagan
The sculpture has an inscription where Mithras is called the undiscoverable deity.
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15 May 2007
Updated on 27 Jan 2022
Tauroctonia del Mitreo Fagan, Ostia
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Marble statue (H. 0.84 Br. 1.42), found 'at the entrance of the sanctuary'. Mus. Vaticana, Galleria Lapidaria XXXIII, 1.
Mithras as a bullkiller. His flying cloak is adorned with seven stars around a crescent. The raven is seated on the bull's tail, which ends in three ears. The dog with collar and the serpent with their heads near the wound; the scorpion in the usual place. On the lower border the inscription No. 311. End of the second cent. A.D.
Mithras as a bullkiller. His flying cloak is adorned with seven stars around a crescent. The raven is seated on the bull's tail, which ends in three ears. The dog with collar and the serpent with their heads near the wound; the scorpion in the usual place. On the lower border the inscription No. 311. End of the second cent. A.D.
CIMRM 311
CIL XIV 64; MMM II No. 138.Brothers
Data
- Location
Mitreo Fagan, Ostia, Latium (Italia) Between the Tor Boacciana and the Palazzo Imperiale, Ostia (Italy) - Current location
Musei Vaticani [6982] Roma (Italy) - Type
- Labels
- Dimensions H. 84 W. 142 D. cm
- Dating late 2nd century
- Material Marble (white)
- Canonical URI
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- CIMRM 310, 311
- CIL XIV 64
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