Tauroctony relief from Viminacium

TNMM 2009 ↔ CIMRM 2216

White marble relief (H. ± 0.50 Br. ± 0.75) formerly walled in in the outer wall of the Castle of George Brankovičat at Semendria (Smederevo) near the fourth gate left of the entrance. Probably from Kostolac. Now Beograd, Narodni Muzeum.

Torma in AEMO VI, 1882, 128 No. 88; Kanitz, Serb., 10f and fig. 4; MMM II 275 No. 132. See fig. 612 for which I am indebted to Dr. G. Mano-Zissi, the Director of the National Museum. Jeličić in Zborn. N. Mus. 1956–57 (58), 313 ff and fig.

Mithras kills the bull, which wears a belt. The dog, the scorpion and the serpent; it is not clear whether the raven is represented. Both torchbearers; in the l. corner the bust of Sol (l) with uplifted r. arm and before him the heads of four horses. In the r. corner the bust of Luna with two horse's heads. Mithras' face is damaged. In the base an inscription: