Monumentum
Fragmentary tauroctony from Solin
This large limestone fragment from Roman Salona preserves the hind part of the bull together with Mithras’ foot and traces of his red tunic.
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The New Mithraeum
15 May 2026
TNMM 1422 ↔ CIMRM 1860
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.
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 Mithraeum which according to Bulić was situated outside the wall of the ancient city of Salona.
References
Bulić in BASD 1909, 51 and Pl. VI, 2; Gabričević in AJ I 1954, 37 No. 2. See fig. 476.
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
