White marble tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Biljanovac, Moesia Superior, depicting the standard bull-slaying with torchbearers and Sol and Luna busts in the upper corners.
Tauroctony relief from BiljanovacCIMRM
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
White marble relief (H. 0.32 Br. 0.34 D. 0.34) found near F.Vulić in RA (S. 6) I, 1933, 184f No. IV and figs. 3–4; Kokić in BSSS 1933, 7f and figs. 8–9; Bulic in Spomenik LXXVII, 60, 1934, 65 No. 4 and figs.; LeRoy Campbell in Berytus XI, 1954, 46 No. 81. See fig. 609.Mithras as a bullkiller in an arched grotto. The god looks back at the raven; the dog, the serpent and the scorpion. On either side of this scene a Phrygian cap with rays is engraved in the borders of the relief. Outside the grotto are Sol (l) and Luna (r) in the upper corners.The reverse of the relief has a decoration…
Mithraic sanctuary found at Biljanovac north-east of Kumanovo, Moesia Superior, with a pronaos and inner sanctuary, yielding marble reliefs, an altar, and associated cult objects.
White marble tauroctony relief in several fragments from the Mithraeum at Biljanovac, Moesia Superior, depicting the standard bull-slaying with the full iconographic programme.
Marble altar from the Mithraeum at Biljanovac, Moesia Superior, with its shaft hollowed out at the sides; the inscription is fragmentary and the dedicatee — either Natura or Transitus — cannot be determined.