Monumentum
Tauroctony lower corner from Salona
Left lower corner of a limestone tauroctony relief from Salona, Dalmatia, preserving the crossed legs of a torchbearer and the grotto base.
Tauroctony lower corner from SalonaCIMRM
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
L. bottom corner of a relief in limestone (H. 0.30 Br. 0.215 D. 0.11) found at Salona. Split, Archaeological Museum Inv. No. 270D.Bulić in BASD XXXV, 1912, 57f and Pl. VI, 2; Grabičević in AJ I 1954, 37 No. 5. See fig. 479.Mithras as a bullkiller. Of this scene only part of the god's r. foot and of the bull's tail are preserved. Behind it standing Cautopates who holds the torch downwards. He is cross-legged and in Oriental dress; the head is lost.
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