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Tauroctony relief from Transdierna

Marble tauroctony relief fragment from Tekija in east Serbia, ancient Transdierna in Moesia Superior, depicting the standard bull-slaying scene.
 
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
Fragment of a marble relief (H. 0.34 Br. 0.57 D. 0.08) found at Tekija in East-Serbia. Beograd, Archaeological Museum. I am very grateful to Dr. G. Mano-Zissi, the Director of the Museum for the photograph.Grbić in RA (S. 6) X, 1937, 175f and fig. 1, cf. Vulić in Spomenik SKA, LXXVII 1934, 70; A. Bârcăcilă in BCMI, 102, 1939, 173f and fig. 24; LeRoy Campbell in Berytus XI 1954, 51 No. 455. See fig. 613. A cast of the relief is at Turnu Severin, Museum Porțile de Fier. Jeličić in Zborn. N. Mus. 1956–57 (58), 313 ff and fig.Only the main scene of Mithras as a bullkiller is preserved. The bull wears a belt…

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