Mithras Tauroktonos
Mithras Tauroktonos. Roman sculpture group. White marble (93 x 96 x 35 cm). The god of the Sun. Second half of 2nd century AC. It comes from the Roman village of Fuente Las Piedras, known as Villa del Mitreo, in Cabra, province of Cordoba. It represents the Persian god, with the Phrygian hat, sacrificing the bull. The dog, Mithra's faithful friend, is drinking from the purifying blood that flows from the bull. The snakes produces animals and plants and men appear from the scorpion. Archaelogy and Etnography Museum. Cordoba, Andalucia, Spain.
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