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Monumentum

Tauroctony grotto border from Székesfehérvár

Fragment of a limestone tauroctony relief from Székesfehérvár, Pannonia Inferior, preserving only the border of the grotto in which Mithras kills the bull; the greater part of the god and bull are lost.

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28 May 2026

Fragment of a relief in limestone (H. 0.43 Br. 0.62 D. 0.36), probably found at Székesfehérvár and now in the Museum there.Nagy in BpR XV, 1950, 116f and fig. 11. See fig. 471.Part of the border of the grotto in which Mithras kills the bull. Of the god only the head and the flying cloak are preserved. On the cloak are a crescent and a star with eight rays. In the corners the busts of Sol (l) and of Luna (r). Next to these figures is a cypress and between the trees is a row of seven altars.

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