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Tauroctony relief with raven on cloak from Stix-Neusiedl

White marble tauroctony relief from Stix-Neusiedl, Pannonia Superior, depicting Mithras killing the bull with the raven perched on the rim of the god's flying cloak — an unusual detail placing the raven on the cloak rather than on the grotto border.

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27 May 2026

White marble relief (H. 0.25 Br. 0.32 D. 0.025). Inv. No. I, 41.Lajard, Pl. LXXXII, 2; Sacken-Kenner, Sammlungen, No. 250a; Welcker in Zoega, Abh., 399; MMM II 333 No. 230 and fig. 208; LeRoy Campbell in Berytus XI, 1954, 45 No. 26. See fig. 422.Mithras as a bullkiller in the usual attitude and dress. The raven perched on the rim of the god's flying cloak; the dog and the serpent near the wound; the scorpion is not visible. Before the bull there is a torchbearer, cross-legged, who holds a torch upwards in his r.h. and a torch downwards in his l. hand. On the other side there is another person…

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