Monumentum
Tauroctony from Domus del Mitreo of Tarquinia
Votive sculpture of Mithras sacrificing the bull from the Mithraeum of Tarquinia.
PublishedThe New Mithraeum
23 Dec 2020
Updated on 19 Jan 2022
Tauroctony of Tarquinia in Sala degli Animali, Vatican Museum
Italofile
Tauroctony of Tarquinia lateral view.
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Tauroctony of Tarquinia lateral close view.
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Front detail.
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Rear view of the sculpture.
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Sculpture of a Tauroctony in white marble. Mithras, without head and hands, seems to grab the animal's muzzle with one hand while holding the dagger with which he has already made a cut in the neck of the bull from which flows a copious stream of blood and which a dog rushes to lick. The scorpion holds the bull's testicles with both pincers.