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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.
Tauroctony relief from HölzernCIMRM
 
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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