Monumentum
Tauroctony of the Mitreo delle terme di Mitra
The person who commanded the sculpture may have been M. Umbilius Criton, documented in the Mitreo della Planta Pedis.
PublishedThe New Mithraeum
15 May 2007
Updated on 24 Oct 2022
Reproduction in its original location.
The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA)
Tauroctony of the Mitreo delle terme di Mitra
Parco Archeologico di Ostia
Tauroctony of the Mitreo delle terme di Mitra
Parco Archeologico di Ostia
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Large marble statue placed on a base underneath one of the funnels.
A very exceptional representation of Mithras as a bullkiller. The young god, only clad in a short tunica, which covers half of his chest, grasps the bull with his l.h. underneath his mouth and triumphantly raises the r.h. with the dagger. He forces the animal down with his knees. The sheath of the dagger is fixed on his belt. The god raises his curly head with pathetic expression towards the sky. On the base crals the snake. No scorpion. On the bull's chest an inscription No. 231.
A very exceptional representation of Mithras as a bullkiller. The young god, only clad in a short tunica, which covers half of his chest, grasps the bull with his l.h. underneath his mouth and triumphantly raises the r.h. with the dagger. He forces the animal down with his knees. The sheath of the dagger is fixed on his belt. The god raises his curly head with pathetic expression towards the sky. On the base crals the snake. No scorpion. On the bull's chest an inscription No. 231.