Monumentum
Tauroctony found under the Palazzo Montecitorio (CIMRM 430)
This relief was found under the Palazzo Montecitorio, in Rome, and bought by the Liebighaus at Frankfort.
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16 May 2021
Frontal view of the Tauroctony found under the Palazzo Montecitorio
Carole Raddato (CC BY-SA 2.0)
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Relief of gypsum (H. 0.90), found under the Palazzo Montecitorio in 1907.
Bought by the Liebighaus at Frankfort. Second century.
MM, 230; Leipoldt, VII; Schnapperin Angelos, 1932, 9f with fig. See fig. 119.
Mithras slaying the bull, which wears a broad belt around its body. The dog's head near the wound; the other animals have got lost. On either side Cautes (r) and Cautopates (l), cross-legged.
Bought by the Liebighaus at Frankfort. Second century.
MM, 230; Leipoldt, VII; Schnapperin Angelos, 1932, 9f with fig. See fig. 119.
Mithras slaying the bull, which wears a broad belt around its body. The dog's head near the wound; the other animals have got lost. On either side Cautes (r) and Cautopates (l), cross-legged.