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  • Monumentum

    Tarouctony of the Palazzo San Marco

    This sculpture of Mithras slaying the bull was bequeathed to the Republic of Venice in 1793 by Ambassador Girolamo Zulian.

    TNMM383 – CIMRM 584

  • Monumentum

    Taurcotony statue of the Esquiline Hill

    Except for the serpent, the sculpture of the taurcotony found on the Esquiline Hill lacks the usual animals that accompany Mithras in sacrifice.

    TNMM380 – CIMRM 352

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony relief of the Esquiline

    The relief of Mithras slaying the bull found on the Esquiline Hill includes two additional scenes with Mithras and two other figures.

    TNMM382 – CIMRM 350, 351

    C(auto)p(ati) / Primus pater fecit
  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Quirinale

    This sculpture of Mithras sacrificing the bull was found in the Quirinal and is now on display in the Musei Capitolini.

    TNMM321 – CIMRM 385

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Asciano

    The marble Tauroctony of Asciano, Siena, was donated by Franz Cumont to the Academia Belgica, Rome.

    TNMM319 – CIMRM 662

  • Monumentum

    Mithraic relief of Baden bei Wien

    Possibly a Mithraic scene discovered in Mödling, Austria.

    TNMM215

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony from Albacini

    This black marble of Mithras killing the Bull has belonged to the sculptor Carlo Albacini.

    TNMM297 – CIMRM 557

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony by Raffaello Sanzio

    This Raffaello Sanzio relief depicts a late Tauroctony.

    TNMM268

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Bologna

    The relief of Mithras killing the bull of Bologna depicts several scenes of the mithraic myth.

    TNMM325 – CIMRM 693

  • Monumentum

    Lion of Carnuntum III

    Exceptional sculpture of a lion devouring a bull's head founded in 1894 in Carnuntum, Pannonia.

    TNMM495 – CIMRM 1690