Monumentum
Altar from Paks
Relief showing Mithras slaying the bull, found at Paks in Roman Pannonia, modern-day Hungary.
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
Updated on Jun 2026
Relief (H. 0.86 Br. 1.18 D. 0.33) found at Paks (distr. Tolna). Szekszárdi, Museum "Balogh Ádám."F. Rómer in AK X 1876, 44; M. Wosinsky, Tolna vm. az őskortól a hoxfoglalásig, II, Budapest 1896, 734; Nagy in AÉrt 85, 1958, 7ff and Pl. V. It is a pity that no good photograph is available.Mithras as a bullkiller with the scorpion. The bull wears a belt. No other animals, no torchbearers. In the corners the busts of Sol (l) and of Luna (r).
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