Mithras, identified by the inscription with Sol Invictus (“Unconquered Sun”), slays a bu
Mithras, identified by the inscription with Sol Invictus (“Unconquered Sun”), slays a bull (the traditional type-scene known as the tauroctony Sol and Luna (Sun and Moon) look on, while a dog and a snake lap up the fallen bull’s blood. Plaque dedicated by the imperial slave Atimetus; unknown Roman artist, probably 3rd cent. CE. Now in the Vatican Museum. -- source link
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