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Tauroctony fragment from Rittium

Fragment of a marble tauroctony relief from Surduk, ancient Rittium in Pannonia Inferior, preserving only Mithras's right foot and leg with the bull below.
 
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28 May 2026
Fragment of a marble relief (H. 0.12 Br. 0.07 D. 0.028), found at Surduk in Sirmium. Preserved in the Museum at Osijek (Inv. No. 400).JOAI 1900 (Beibl.), 101, No. 5 and fig. 23.Mithras as a bullkiller of which only the r. foot and the r. leg of the bull are visible. The crossed legs of one of the torchbearers (probably Cautopates). In the bottom rim an inscription:

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