Monuments: TNMdB

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this relief of Mithras as bull slayer, recorded in 1562 in the collection of A. Magarozzi, Cautes and Cautopates have been replaced by trees still bearing the torches.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 Mithra Tauroctonos from Syracuse, Sicily, is currently on display in the city's archaeological museum.

The Tauroctony of Nicopolis ad Istrum is unique as it is the only Mithraic stele befitting a Greek donor.

This fragmentary tauroctony relief from Timziouin near Saïda depicts Mithras slaying the bull within a cave-like frame, accompanied by the raven, serpent, scorpion, and Cautopates.

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

This marble tauroctony relief, probably originating from Naples, depicts Mithras slaying the bull within a cave-like setting, accompanied by the usual animals and celestial busts.

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

This large limestone fragment from Roman Salona preserves the hind part of the bull together with Mithras’ foot and traces of his red tunic.

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 marble fragment from Apulum preserves the head of Mithras beneath an arch together with a raven and the remains of Sol’s radiate crown.

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

This small marble fragment preserves the crossed legs of a torchbearer, probably Cautopates, beside the hoof of the bull and the foot of Mithras.