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Monumentum

Tauroctony relief from Civitas Montanensium

White marble tauroctony relief from Golema Kutlovica, ancient Civitas Montanensium in Moesia Superior, depicting the standard bull-slaying scene.
 
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
White marble relief (H. 0.34 Br. 0.45 D. 0.05), found at Golema Kutlovica (district Lom) where the Castra and the Civitas Montanensium are situated. Sofia, National Museum.Dobrusky in Sborn. Nar., III, 44; Frankfurter in AEMO XIV, 1891, 145; MMM II 277 No. 135 and fig. 120. See fig. 617.Mithras as a bullkiller of the raven, the serpent and the scorpion; Cautes (r) and Cautopates (l). In the l. upper corner the bust of Sol in crown and with outstretched r. arm. The bust of Luna (r) in diadem and crescent. Between them and above the grotto's border a row of seven altars alternating with seven trees (cypresses?)…

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