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Monumentum

Three-part tauroctony from Serdica

Arched marble tauroctony relief in two fragments from Sofia, ancient Serdica in Thracia, divided into three parts, with Mithras killing the bull in the centre and subsidiary scenes on either side; the weathered surface limits identification.
Three-part tauroctony from SerdicaCIMRM
 
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
Marble relief (H. 0.24 Br. 0.26 D. 0.025) in two fragments. It has not yet been clearly established that the monument was found at Sofia. Sofia, National Museum.Kazarow in BSAB 1911, 56f No. 7 and fig. 7. See fig. 645.The weathered, arched relief is divided into three parts. In the centre the representation of Mithras as a bullkiller. The serpent is creeping over the ground; the dog leaps up against the bull; other animals are not visible. On either side a torchbearer standing cross-legged. Of the l. one only the legs are preserved; of the r. one the torch is so lost that it is not clear…

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