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Tauroctony relief from Orșova

White marble tauroctony relief from Orșova, ancient Dierna in Dacia, depicting the standard bull-slaying with the torchbearers and subsidiary scenes.

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28 May 2026

White marble relief (H. 0.20 Br. 0.22 D. 0.03) found at Orșova. From the Coll. Ormos to the Museum at Timișoara (= Temesvár).Travaux des médecins et naturalistes hongrois. Réunion d'Herculesbad 1872, Budapest 1873, 161; Studniczka in AEMO VII 1883 No. 70; MMM II 278 No. 136. See fig. 585.Mithras as a bullkiller with dog, serpent and scorpion. The two torchbearers and in the upper corners the busts of Sol (l) and of Luna (r).

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