Tauroctony from the Mithräum von Heddernheim
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The relief is sculpted on two sides and it is revolving because it has a pivot at the top and a socket at the bottom.
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The front has the usual scene of Mithras as the bullkiller in a grotto. The bull's tail ends in three corn-ears. The raven sits on the god's flying cloak; the dog with a collar leaps up against the bull and the scorpion grasps its genitals. Underneath the bull is an amphora or krater with two handles with a serpent coiling against it. To its right is a lion with menacing head.Data
- Location
Heddernheim (Germany) - Type
- Labels
- Dimensions H. 180 W. 176 D. 22 cm
- Discovery date 1826
- Material Sandstone
- Canonical URI
mithraeum.eu/monument/198
- CIMRM 1083
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- Mithraeum Mithraea of Heddernheim
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