Monuments tagged with taurus

This tauroctony may have come from Hermopolis and its style suggests a Thraco-Danubian origin.

TNMM431 – CIMRM 105

From Egypt

Terracotta tablets depicting a Taurombolium by Attis which might be at the origins of the mithraic Tauroctony iconography.

TNMM272 – CIMRM 11, 12

From Ukraine

Franz Cumont considers the bas relief of Osterburken 'the most remarkable of all the monuments of the cult of Mithras found up to now'.

TNMM176 – CIMRM 1292, 1293

From Germany

This relief of Mithras slaying the bull is unique because of the representation of Tellus lying under the bull.

TNMM623 – CIMRM 598

The relief of Mithras slaying the bull at Mauls in Gallia cisalpina is a paradigmatic example of the so-called Rhine-type Tauroctony.

TNMM476 – CIMRM 1400

From Italy

This marble relief from Alba Iulia contains numerous scenes from the myth of Mithras.

TNMM480 – CIMRM 1958, 1959

From Romania

The main relief of Mithras killing the bull from the Mithraeum of Dura Europos includes three persons named Zenobius, Jariboles and Barnaadath.

TNMM298 – CIMRM 40, 41

From Syria

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

TNMM198 – CIMRM 1083

From Germany

The Aion / Phanes relief, currently on display in the Gallerie Estensi, Moneda, is associated with two Eastern mysteric religions: Mithraism and Orphism.

TNMM327 – CIMRM 695, 696

From Italy

This damaged relief of Mithras killing the bull found in 1804 and formerly exposed at Gap, is now lost.

TNMM500 – CIMRM 898, 899

From France