Monumentum
Tauroctony of the Gran Mitreo de Mérida
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.
The New Mithraeum
24 Feb 2023
Tauroctonía de Mérida. Montaje exposición “Creciendo” del MNARM
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
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For a long time nobody had paid attention to the important words of Mélida at the end of his description of the sculptures found in 1902 in the Cerro de San Albín: 'With these sculptures, various fragments of others were found, among them, two of the clothes of a colossal statue and the base with the feet of a small figure, and next to the feet, the start of an altar'.
In his Catálogo monumental he mentions under nº 1097 a piece of a floating mantle with traces of red paint, as well as a fragment of a dressed image with two ears of corn, an attribute of Ceres (no.
In his Catálogo monumental he mentions under nº 1097 a piece of a floating mantle with traces of red paint, as well as a fragment of a dressed image with two ears of corn, an attribute of Ceres (no.