Monumentum
Tauroctony of Aigio
The Tauroctony of Patras was found years before the temple over which the relief of Mithras sacrificing the bull was supposed to preside.
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24 Aug 2021
Updated on 17 Mar 2022
Tauroctony of Patras
CIMRM
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White marble slab the left side of which is broken off (H. 0.44 Br. 0.32 D. 0.06- 0.09), found at Patras in 1911. Patras, Gymnasium.
The damaged relief shows Mithras as a bullkiller. The r. arm and the r. leg are lost. The dog, the snake and the scorpion. Before the bull a standing Cautes with upraised torch in his r.h. The bust of Luna in the r. upper corner. Above the bull's head a standing person who leans on a sceptre (Jupiter?). On the left of Mithras' head a kind of triangle.
In the lower border an inscription:
The damaged relief shows Mithras as a bullkiller. The r. arm and the r. leg are lost. The dog, the snake and the scorpion. Before the bull a standing Cautes with upraised torch in his r.h. The bust of Luna in the r. upper corner. Above the bull's head a standing person who leans on a sceptre (Jupiter?). On the left of Mithras' head a kind of triangle.
In the lower border an inscription:
CIMRM 2352
Ann. ep. 1912 No. 282.Data
- Location
Mithraeum of Aigio, AchaeaAigio (Greece) - Current location
Archaeological Museum of Patras [AMP 19] Patras (Greece) - Type
- Labels
- Dimensions H. 44 W. 32 D. 9 cm
- Discovery date 1911
- Material Marble
- Canonical URI
mithraeum.eu/monument/361
- CIMRM 2351, 2352
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