Monuments tagged with taurus

This relief of Mithras killing the bull includes an unusual owl at the feet of Cautopates and a cock next to Cautes.

TNMM589

The relief of Mithras killing the bull of Stefano Rotodon preserves part of his polycromy and depicts two unusual figures: Hesperus and an owl.

TNMM365

From Italy

The Tauroctony relief of Neuenheim, Heidelberg, includes several scenes from the deeds of Mithras and other gods.

TNMM205 – CIMRM 1283

From Germany

The Aion of Arles includes nine signs of the zodiac in three groups of three, between the spirals of the serpent.

TNMM148 – CIMRM 879

From France

This unusual piece depicts Mithras slaying the bull on one side and the Gnostic god Abraxas on the other.

TNMM544 – CIMRM 2364

From Italy

The mithraic relief of Konjic shows a Tauroctony in one side and a ritual meal in the other.

TNMM259 – CIMRM 1896

From Bosnia and Herzegovina

The relief of Mithras slaying the bull by Ottaviano Zeno is lost, but two tablets of Cautes and Cautopates, which were part of the same ensemble, has been exposed at the Louvre.

TNMM125 – CIMRM 335

From Italy

These fragments of a monumental tauroctony found in the Cerro de San Albín must have decorated the Gran Mitreo de Mérida, which has not yet been found.

TNMM584

From Spain

The Mithras of Cabra is the only full preserved Tauroctony sculpture found in Spain yet.

TNMM136 – CIMRM 771

From Spain

The relief of Mithra slaying the bull from Apulum, Romania, has been missing until the scholar Csaba Szabó identified it in the diposit of the Arad Museum.

TNMM346 – CIMRM 1938

From Romania