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Monumentum

Tauroctony relief from Hölzern

Badly damaged red sandstone relief from Hölzern, Germania Superior, depicting the standard bull-slaying scene; possibly forming part of the border zone of a larger composition.

The New Mithraeum

28 May 2026

Relief in red sandstone (H. 0.31 Br. 0.95 D. 0.15) from Hölzern. Since 1861 at Stuttgart, Württembergisches Landesmuseum, Inv. No. 220. I am grateful to Dr. R. Roeren for having supplied me with all information during my visit to the Museum in the Altes Schloss.Haug, Kön. Württ., 164; Sixt, Schwaben I, 56 No. 242; Führer Stuttgart, No. 202; MMM II 343 No. 243; Haug-Sixt, Röm. Inschr. Württ., 289 No. 384; Esp. Rec. Germ., 431f No. 684. See fig. 343.The relief, which is badly damaged, forms part of the border of a large cult-relief and is divided into four scenes by vertical rims:…

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