File:White marble statue depicting the tauroctony (CIMRM 548), from Rome, behind tauroctony bas-relief with a Greek inscription (CIMRM 554-555), Sala dei Animali, Vatican museums, Rome (21571865399).jpg

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Tauroctony  wikidata:Q112169171 reasonator:Q112169171
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Author
Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany
Title
Italian:
Gruppo di Mitra tauroctono, con testa non pertinente Edit this at Wikidata

Tauroctony
title QS:P1476,it:"Gruppo di Mitra tauroctono, con testa non pertinente Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lit,"Gruppo di Mitra tauroctono, con testa non pertinente Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"Tauroctony"
label QS:Les,"Mitra matando al toro"
label QS:Lde,"Tauroktonie"
Object type statue Edit this at Wikidata
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Mithras in usual attitude and attire, slaying the bull. The dog and the serpent hold their heads near the wound from which the blood abundantly flows. The scorpion at the testicles of the erected pizzle. Added are: Mithras' head, cloak; r. foot, arms, hands and nose; the bull's muzzle, forelegs and tail, the r. hindleg with a part of the base; the dog and the serpent except a part on the base.

www.tertullian.org/rpearse/mithras/display.php?page=cimrm548

Bas-relief CIMRM 554-555

www.tertullian.org/rpearse/mithras/display.php?page=cimrm554
Date 2nd century
date QS:P,+150-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
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Medium marble Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 152 cm (59.8 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 180 cm (70.8 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+152U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+180U174728
Accession number
MV.437.0.0 (Pio-Clementino museum) Edit this at Wikidata
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Source/Photographer White marble statue depicting the tauroctony (CIMRM 548), from Rome, behind tauroctony bas-relief with a Greek inscription (CIMRM 554-555), Sala dei Animali, Vatican museums, Rome

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