Monumentum
Tauroctony from Domus del Mitreo of Tarquinia
Votive sculpture of Mithras sacrificing the bull from the Mithraeum of Tarquinia.
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23 Dec 2020
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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.
References
Data
- Location Tarquinia
- City Tarquinia
- Country Italy
- Current location Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Tarquinia
- Type
- Description tags
- Dating 2nd - 3rd century
- Discovered date 2005
- Material Marble (white)
- TNM mtscit001004