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Monumentum

Tauroctony relief with uplifted torches from Ruše

Weathered marble tauroctony relief in two fragments from Ruše, Noricum, depicting the bull-slaying with only the dog visible, flanked by two torchbearers both holding their torches upraised; no Sol or Luna.
Tauroctony relief with uplifted torches from Ruše

Tauroctony relief with uplifted torches from Ruše
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The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026

TNMM 1583 ↔ CIMRM 1452

Weathered marble relief (H. 0.41 Br. 0.55 D. 0.04) broken in two parts. Graz, Joanneum, Inv. No. 110.

Hoffiler-Saria, AIJ I, 50 No. 118 and fig. See fig. 371.

Mithras as a bullkiller in a grotto. Only the dog is visible. On either side a torchbearer both with uplifted torches. No traces of Sol and Luna.

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