Tauroctony relief from Şehitkamil (Gaziantep)

This Mithraic relief from the ancient city of Zeugma, depicting the god Mithras in the act of killing the bull, was discovered in 2015 near At Meydani, within what was once the Roman military zone. Carved from fine-grained marble in bluish-beige to white tones, the slab measures approximately 33.5 by 38.3 cm and offers a highly standardised but well-preserved representation of Mithraic iconography. Mithras is portrayed kneeling over the bull in dynamic motion, in line with the canonical composition of the tauroctony. A radiant nimbus encircles his head. The relief also includes the torchbearer…