Main Tauroctony relief from Dura Europos
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Mithras tauroctone in Eastern attire (Phrygian cap, cloak, tunic, trousers) sits full front on the bull's back. Between the knee and left fore leg of the bull there are seven small altars. Scorpion and torchbearers are lacking; a small dog and snake try to reach the bull's wound. On the top of Mithras' cloak perches a raven which faces the god. Above Mithras' head the bust of a bearded god (Saturn-Serapis) who wears a kalathos and radiate crown.
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Data
- Location
Mithraeum of Dura Europos, Dura Europos, Syria-Coele (Syria) Dura Europos, Tal hal Hariri / Es-Sâlihiyeh / As Salhiyah (Syria) - Type
- Labels
- Dimensions H. 67 W. 105 D. 10 cm
- Dating 170-171
- Material Gypsum
- Canonical URI
mithraeum.eu/monument/298
- CIMRM 40, 41
- CIL III 7726
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