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Tauroctony relief from Pritok

Sandstone tauroctony relief from Pritok near Bihać, Dalmatia, lost during World War II, depicting Mithras in Oriental dress killing the bull in a grotto with the bull's tail ending in corn-ears.
Tauroctony relief from PritokCIMRM
 
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
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…

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