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Mithras Slaying the Great Bull

Mithraic relief showing the god Mithras slaying a bull. Mithraism was a religion practiced in the Roman Empire from about the 1st to 4th centuries AD. Bronze relief, late 2nd-early 3rd century AD.

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Title:

Mithras Slaying the Great Bull

Caption:

Mithraic relief showing the god Mithras slaying a bull. Mithraism was a religion practiced in the Roman Empire from about the 1st to 4th centuries AD. Bronze relief, late 2nd-early 3rd century AD.

Category:

History: Ancient

Credit:

Album / Science Source / New York Public Library

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Image size:

3540 x 4074 px | 41.3 MB

Print size:

30.0 x 34.5 cm | 11.8 x 13.6 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

ANCIENT ART • ANCIENT ROME • ART • ARTFORM: ICON • BEAT TO DEATH • BRONZE RELIEF • BULL • CULTURAL • CULTURE • DEITIES • DEITY • GOD • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HISTORY: ANCIENT • ICON • ICONOGRAPHY • KILL • KILLING • KILLS • MITHRAISM • MITHRAS • MYTH • MYTHOLOGICAL • MYTHOLOGY • RELIEF • RELIGION • RELIGIOUS • ROMAN EMPIRE • SLAYING