Monuments: TNMdB

Scene from a bull-slaying relief preserving the dagger of Mithras, the dog and the raised torch of Cautes.

This relief is so well-known that it has been reproduced in nearly every handbook of archaeology and of history of religions.

The Tauroctony of Patras was found years before the temple over which the relief of Mithras sacrificing the bull was supposed to preside.

The second tauroctony of Jabal al-Druze seems to have be made by the same sculptor.

In the tauroctony of Jabal al-Druze in Syria, the snake appears to be licking the head of the bull's penis.

Tauroctony relief fragment with torchbearer and scene of Mithras’ rockbirth from Romula, Romania.

One of the reliefs of the Dura Europos tauroctonies includes several characters with their respective names.

In this relief of Mithras as bull slayer, recorded in 1562 in the collection of A. Magarozzi, Cautes and Cautopates have been replaced by trees still bearing the torches.

This relief of Mithras slaying the bull incorporates the scene of the god carrying the bull and its birth from a rock.

The sculpture of Mithras slaying the bull was transported from Rome to London by Charles Standish in 1815.

This limestone tauroctony from Aquincum preserves Mithras slaying the bull together with Cautopates, the serpent, the scorpion, and the legs of the raven.

This weathered marble fragment from Viminacium preserves part of a tauroctony with Luna, Cautopates, the serpent, and the dog.

These six marble fragments from the Second Mithraeum of Poetovio preserve parts of tauroctonies together with figures of Sol, Cautes, and Cautopates.

This small weathered marble fragment preserves part of a tauroctony with Cautes, Luna, the serpent, and a leaping dog.

This marble fragment from Roman Dacia preserves part of a tauroctony with Sol, the raven, and Mithras dragging the bull.

This finely carved marble tauroctony from Interamna features an unusual series of altars and ritual vases surrounding the scene.

Fragment of an alabaster relief from Cologne with part of a tauroctony scene. Only the tip of Mithras’ Phrygian cap and small narrative details above are preserved.

Large intaglio engraved with Mithras as bull slayer surrounded by a peculiar version of Cautes and Cautopates and other celestial deities.

The small medallion depicts three scenes from the life of Mithras, including the Tauroctony. It may come from the Danube area.

This fragment of a double relief shows a tauroctony on one side and the sacred meal, including a serving Corax, on the other.