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The New Mithraeum Database tagged with tauroctonia

Mithraic monuments, temples and other objects related to Mithras and tagged with tauroctonia.

Your search tauroctonia gave 179 results.

 
  • Monumentum

    Gemme with Mithras killing the bull

    Imprint on glass of a Tauroctony exposed at Winckelmann Museum.

    TNMM227

  • Monumentum

    Re-used Neolithic axe-head inscribed with a Tauroctony

    According to Christopher A. Faraone, the axe-head from Argos belong to a category of thunderstones reused as amulets.

    TNMM266

    βακαζιχυχ παπαφειρις
  • Monumentum

    Mithras tauroctonus and taurophorus vessel from Lanuvium

    The red ceramic vessel from Lanuvium shows Mithra carrying the bull, followed by the dog, and the Tauroctony on the opposite side.

    TNMM368 – CIMRM 207

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Sî`

    In the tauroctony of Jabal al-Druze in Syria, the snake appears to be licking the head of the bull's penis.

    TNMM389 – CIMRM 88

  • Monumentum

    Second tautoctony of Sî`

    The second tauroctony of Jabal al-Druze seems to have be made by the same sculptor.

    TNMM390 – CIMRM 89

    D(eo) S(oli) I(nvicto)
  • Monumentum

    Tarouctony of the Palazzo San Marco

    This sculpture of Mithras slaying the bull was bequeathed to the Republic of Venice in 1793 by Ambassador Girolamo Zulian.

    TNMM383 – CIMRM 584

  • Monumentum

    Taurcotony statue of the Esquiline Hill

    Except for the serpent, the sculpture of the taurcotony found on the Esquiline Hill lacks the usual animals that accompany Mithras in sacrifice.

    TNMM380 – CIMRM 352

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony relief of the Esquiline

    The relief of Mithras slaying the bull found on the Esquiline Hill includes two additional scenes with Mithras and two other figures.

    TNMM382 – CIMRM 350, 351

    C(auto)p(ati) / Primus pater fecit
  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of the Cortile del Belvedere

    The Tauroctony relief of Mithras killing the bull walled in the Cortile of the Belvedered, Vatican City, was found by Fagan near Ostia.

    TNMM363 – CIMRM 321

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Quirinale

    This sculpture of Mithras sacrificing the bull was found in the Quirinal and is now on display in the Musei Capitolini.

    TNMM321 – CIMRM 385