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Tauroctony relief from Radeša

White marble tauroctony relief from Radeša near Pirot, Moesia Superior, depicting the standard bull-slaying scene.
 
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
White marble relief (H. 0.145 Br. 0.385) found in the village of Radeša near Pirot (Turres). Belgrado, Archaeological Museum.Vulić in Spomenik SKA LXXVII, 60, 1934, 71 No. 7; Grbić in RA (S. 6) X, 1937, 176f and fig. 2; LeRoy Campbell in Berytus XI 1954, 50 No. 272. See fig. 619.In an arched grotto the representation of Mithras as a bullkiller with dog and serpent. No scorpion. The l. part of the relief is lost (raven, Sol, Cautopates). Before the bull Cautes in Oriental dress with an indistinct object in his upraised r.h. Above him Mithras is being born from the rock…

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