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Tauroctony fragments from Bihać

Two limestone relief fragments from Bihać, Dalmatia, found near Kástel Stasi and the Croate Church of Saint Martha, preserving portions of a Mithraic bull-slaying scene.
  • Tauroctony fragments from Bihać

    Tauroctony fragments from Bihać
    CIMRM

  • CIMRM 1909-2

    CIMRM 1909-2
    Vermaseren's Corpus

 
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026

TNMM 2408 ↔ CIMRM 1909

Two fragments of a relief in limestone, found at Bihać near Kástel Stasi and near the Croate Church of Saint Martha. Split, Archaeological Museum. Bihać is situated about 10 kms west of the Roman Salona.

Grabičević in AJ I, 1954, 38 Nos. 24 a–b and fig. 7. See fig. 497.

L. bottom corner (H. 0.23 Br. 0.31 D. 0.06) with the lower part of Cautopates with the torch downwards. Not cross-legged. A hind leg of the bull with the r. leg of Mithras. Scorpion.

R. bottom corner (H. 0.23 Br. 0.30 D. 0.06) with the r. forefoot of the bull, part of the serpent, the dog. Cautes not cross-legged holds the torch upwards with both hands; his head and the top of torch are lost.

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