Monumentum
Tauroctony marble from Mitreo Fagan
The sculpture has an inscription where Mithras is called the undiscoverable deity.
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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.Syndexioi
Data
- Location
Ostia, Latium (Italia) Mitreo Fagan, Ostia (Italy) - Current location
Musei Vaticani [6982] Roma (Italy) - Type
- Labels
- Dimensions H. 84 W. 142 cm
- Dating late 2nd century
- Material Marble (white)
- CIMRM 310
- TNM mtscit000114
Related
- Mithraeum Mitreo Fagan
- Monumentum Aion of Mitreo Fagan
- Monumentum Aion relief of Mitreo Fagan