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Monumentum

Great tauroctony relief from Sopron

Large marble tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Sopron, ancient Scarabantia, depicting the standard bull-slaying with raven, dog, serpent, and scorpion, flanked by cross-legged torchbearers.
 
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
Marble relief (H. 0.92 Br. 1.12 D. 0.13). See fig. 418.Bella, 323ff and fig.; Kuzsinszky, 22ff and fig.; Cumont, Textes II, 390 No. 235 and fig. 235; Hampel, 320f.Mithras as a bullkiller in the usual dress and attitude. The raven on the grotto's border. The dog near the wound; the serpent creeping towards the wound; the scorpion in the usual place. On either side a torchbearer. Cautopates (l) cross-legged with torch downwards. Cautes (r) with torch upwards. In the upper corners Sol (l) in radiate crown and Luna (r) with crescent, both as busts.Outside the grotto's border there are the following scenes:1) (l…

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