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  • Monumentum

    Painted tauroctony of Rome

    This unusual mural depicting Mithras killing the bull was found near the Colosseum in 1668.

    TNMM714 – CIMRM 337

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Ruše

    This relief of Mithras tauroctonus and other finds were discovered in 1845 in Ruše, where a Mithraeum probably existed.

    TNMM710 – CIMRM 1447, 1448

    M(arcus) Porcius / Verus / proc(urator) Aug(usti) / me / pos/uit.
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    Tauroctony of Gimmeldingen

    This relief of Mithras killing the bull found in Gimmeldingen, Germany, lacks the usual raven.

    TNMM693 – CIMRM 1314

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    Tauroctony of Becker’s collection

    The provenance of this fragment of a white marble relief depicting Mithras as a bullkiller is unknown.

    TNMM704 – CIMRM 13

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Split

    This damage relief of Mithras killing the bull was found walled into a house near Split, Croatia.

    TNMM702 – CIMRM 1859

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Jajce

    The relief of Mithras killing the bull from the Jajce Mithraeum is walled into the cult niche and surmounted by a roof.

    TNMM697 – CIMRM 1902

  • Monumentum

    Cautopates de Bordeaux

    The Cautopates of Bordeaux stands as usual with his legs crossed and arms down.

    TNMM139 – CIMRM 893

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    Tauroctony relief found between Porta Portese and St Pancrace

    Franz Cumont bought this relief of Mithras as a bullkiller from a dealer who claimed to have found it in a vineyard near the church of Saint Pancrace, in Rome.

    TNMM671 – CIMRM 585

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    Tauroctony of Aelius Maximus of Turda

    This small relief of Mithras killing the bull was found in 1859 in Turda, in the Cluj region of Romania.

    TNMM668 – CIMRM 1920, 1921

    Ael(ius) Maximus miles / leg(ionis) V Mac(edonicae) v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) p(osuit).
  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Alba Iulia with collared dog

    This relief of Mithras killing the bull from Apulum, now Alba Iulia, Romania, contains several scenes from the Mithras legend.

    TNMM664 – CIMRM 1972