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Monumentum

Tauroctony fragment from Novae

Marble tauroctony relief fragment from Steklen near Svichtov, ancient Novae in Moesia Inferior, preserving the right part of a bull-slaying scene with a serpent and the grotto border.

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27 May 2026

Fragment of a marble relief (H. 0.205 Br. 0.23 D. 0.03), found at Steklen near Svichtov. Sofia, National Museum.Kazarow in BSAB 1911, 57f No. 8 and fig. 8; LeRoy Campbell in Berytus XI, 1954, 50 No. 355. See fig. 630.The r. part of a representation of Mithras as a bullkiller. The figure of Mithras is damaged and the head of the bull is lost. The dog and the serpent hold their heads near the wound. Before the bull stands a torchbearer holding a pedum at his shoulder with his l.h. The torch is lost (probably Cautes). A column next to him and a square altar on which are two indistinct objects…

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