Monumentum
Tauroctony with Sol and Luna from Pautalia
Marble tauroctony relief from the surroundings of Küstendil, ancient Pautalia in Moesia Superior, depicting the bull-slaying with torchbearers and Sol and Luna busts in the upper corners.
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
TNMM 2476 ↔ CIMRM 2242
Marble relief (H. 0.35 Br. 0.30 D. 0.025) from the surroundings of Küstendil. Probably at Küstendil, Museum.
Kazarow in AA 1929, 321 No. 4 and fig. 29; LeRoy Campbell in Berytus XI 1954, 51 No. 523.
Mithras as a bullkiller with the torchbearers. The busts of Sol (l) and of Luna (r) in the upper corners. The relief is surrounded by an oval border. Outside it are some other scenes which are, however, no longer visible.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
