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CIMRM Supplement - Mithraeum. Vulci, Italy.![]() From: here.
![]() The arches under the benches in the Mithraeum. From Flickr by Sarah Connell. Feb. 26 2009.
![]() Restored cast of tauroctony. From: here.
![]() The original tauroctony, in the Castello Dell'Abbadia archeological museum at Vulci. From: here.
![]() The finds in the museum. By Francesco Pontani, via here.
![]() From: Canino.info.
![]() 1 Main tauroctony and torchbearer. From here. By Csaba Szabo, 2016.
![]() 2 Reproduction tauroctony on site. From here. By Csaba Szabo, 2016.
![]() 3 Altar from Mithraeum on site. From here. By Csaba Szabo, 2016.
![]() 4 Head and shoulders of restoration. From here. By Csaba Szabo, 2016.
![]() 5 Mithraeum general view. From here. By Csaba Szabo, 2016.
![]() 6 The second small tauroctony. From here. By Csaba Szabo, 2016.
![]() 7 The second small tauroctony. From here. By Csaba Szabo, 2016.
![]() 8 A carved seat support. From here. By Csaba Szabo, 2016.
![]() 9 Pot. From here. By Csaba Szabo, 2016.
![]() 10 Pot. From here. By Csaba Szabo, 2016.
![]() 11 Other pottery. From here. By Csaba Szabo, 2016.
![]() 12 Torchbearer. From here. By Csaba Szabo, 2016.
![]() 13 Museum catalogue. From here. By Csaba Szabo, 2016.
![]() "this fab smaller piece with bobbles on the back to recreate the cave where Mithras was born" from Twitter. By Agnes Crawford.
![]() The rear of "this fab smaller piece with bobbles on the back to recreate the cave where Mithras was born" from Twitter. By Agnes Crawford.
![]() Sign. From: here. By Pascal Lemaire, 2019.
![]() Distance view of the Mithraeum. From: Flickr. By Pascal Lemaire, 2019.
A Mithraeum was discovered during the 1975 excavations of a Roman villa at Vulci.1 The finds included two tauroctonies, a Cautes, a raven, and other statues and altars. The tauroctonies can be dated to the first half of the third century, and the destruction of the Mithraeum to the last quarter of the 4th century.2 The second tauroctony is smaller, and the right foot of Mithras is visible in it, unlike the larger. The rear of the piece is a carved rocky surface, representing the cave. The finds are held at the Castello della Badia museum at Vulci.3 Roger Beck writes4:
From vulci.it and referenced to the excavation report:
Minerva 9 (1998) mentions an exhibition of the statues from Vulci at Viterbo in the Palazzo del Comune "until 10th January". Italian Wikipedia mentions that the tauroctony on display is a reproduction; the original is at the "Museo del Castello dell'Abbadia" at Vulci. (No doubt the statuary is there). Coordinates: 42° 25' 8" N, 11° 37' 58" E / 42.3539° N, 11.6047° E.5 Bibliography
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