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Tauroctony relief from Bechli near Oescus

Limestone tauroctony relief from Bechli, 8 km from Ghighen, ancient Oescus in Moesia Inferior, depicting the standard bull-slaying scene in a grotto.

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28 May 2026

Relief in limestone (H. 0.58 Br. 0.57 D. 0.14), found at Bechli, 8 kmtrs from Ghighen. Sofia, National Museum.MMM II 489f No. 131ter and fig. 424; Dobrusky in Sbornik XVI 1900, 43 No. 8; LeRoy Campbell in Berytus XI, 1954, 45 No. 31. See fig. 624.Mithras as a bullkiller in a grotto. The dog, the serpent and the scorpion; the raven on the grotto's border; no torchbearers. Outside the grotto's border are the busts of Sol (l) and Luna (r).

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