Fragmentary tauroctony from Solin

Fragment of a large relief in white limestone (H. 0.65 Br. 0.77 D. 0.25). Found at Salona in 1904 “fuori dell’antica città, ad Ovest delle murre perimetrali, 194 m. a nord della necropolis in horto Metrodori ed a 65 m. a nord-ovest della casa di Marco Drašković ed Eredi”. Split, Archaeological Museum. Inv. 307D.Bulić in BASD 1909, 51 and Pl. VI, 2; Gabričević in AJ I 1954, 37 No. 2. See fig. 476.Of the scene of Mithras’ tauroctone only the hind part of the bull, the god’s r. foot and part of his red tunic are preserved. It is possible that this large monument comes from a…