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Monumentum

Second tauroctony relief from Sopron

Marble tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Sopron, ancient Scarabantia, depicting the standard bull-slaying with raven, dog, scorpion, and cross-legged torchbearers.

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28 May 2026

Marble relief (H. 0.48 Br. 0.39 D. 0.08). See fig. 419.Bella, 326f and fig.; Kuzsinszky, 25f and fig.; Cumont, Textes II, 391 No. 236.Mithras as a bullkiller in the usual dress and attitude. The raven on the grotto's border. The dog near the wound; the scorpion. Cautopates (l) cross-legged with torch downwards. Cautes (r) with torch upwards. In the bottom border an inscription:

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