Tauroctony relief from Pritok

TNMM 2406 ↔ CIMRM 1907

Relief in sandstone (H. 1.26 Br. 1.03 D. 0.18), found in Pritok near Bihać. Split Arch. Museum. Lost during World War II.

Glasnik Zem. Mus. BH 1939, 8f; Grabičević in AJ I, 1954, 37 No. 13. See fig. 496.

Mithras in Oriental dress as a bullkiller in a grotto. The bull's tail ends in corn-ears. The dog leaps up against the animal; the serpent creeps over the ground; the scorpion at the testicles; the raven is perched on the grotto's border. The torchbearers each standing not cross-legged upon a base of his own. Cautopates (l) holds the torch downwards with both hands; Cautes (r) lifts up a torch with his r.h. and he holds another object (bow?) in his l.h. In the l. upper corner the bust of Sol with a crown of seven rays; in the r. upper corner the bust of Luna with a crescent.