Mithra and the bull, fresco of Dura Europos, datable after 168 and before 256 CE Source: Wikipedia The fresco shows the mouth of a cave where Mithra, in a light colored toga , straddles the bull, his knee on its back, pulling its head up by the ears. Mithra is dressed in a light colored toga, his hair braided, a helmet on his head and a shield over his shoulder. Mithra is looking away from the bull and toward the left. The bull is white. His muzzle is red, and blood streams from a wound in his side. In front of the bull, but in the background, stands another soldier, sword in hand, blade pointed toward the ground.