Mithras killing the bull (Mithras tauroctony). Mithraistic relief
Marble.
1st cent. BCE - 4th cent. CE.
Inv. No. AO 22255.Paris, Louvre MuseumPhoto by Ilya Shurygin

Mithras killing the bull (Mithras tauroctony). Mithraistic relief.

Marble.
1st cent. BCE - 4th cent. CE.
Inv. No. AO 22255.

Paris, Louvre Museum.

Origin:
From mithraeum in Sidon (Lebanon) discovered by Edmond Durighello in 1887.
Credits:
© 2013. Photo: Ilya Shurygin.
Data: museum annotation.
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