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Tauroctony relief from Biljanovac

White marble tauroctony relief in several fragments from the Mithraeum at Biljanovac, Moesia Superior, depicting the standard bull-slaying with the full iconographic programme.
Tauroctony relief from Biljanovac.
 
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
White marble relief (H. 0.50 Br. 0.44) in several fragments found near G.Vulić in RA (S. 6) I 1933, 186ff and figs. 5–7; Kokić in BSSS 1933, 4ff and figs. 5–7; Bulic in Spomenik LXXVII, 60, 1934, 66ff and figs.; LeRoy Campbell in Berytus XI 1954, 51 No. 524. See fig. 608.The relief is divided into three parts and has traces of red and green colours on the rims. In a circular leaf-crown is the representation of Mithras as a bullkiller. The god’s head, cloak, r.h. and l. leg as well as the bull’s tail and parts of its legs are lost. The dog leaps up against the bull, the raven is perched behind Mithras;…

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