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Monumentum

Tauroctony fragment from Utum

Damaged limestone tauroctony relief fragment from near Utum, Moesia Inferior, of disputed exact provenance — either Utum or Chemlievo — depicting part of the standard bull-slaying scene.
 
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026

TNMM 2488 ↔ CIMRM 2263

Fragment of a damaged relief in limestone (H. 0.36 Br. 0.27 D. 0.10). According to Dobrusky it was found at Utum near the Danube (distr. Nikup = Nikopol) and it was afterwards transported to Chemlievo, where it must have been found according to Kazarow. Sofia, National Museum.

Dobrusky in Sbornik XVIII, 1901, 753; Kazarow in BSAB 1911, 59 No. 10 and fig. 10; LeRoy Campbell in Berytus XI, 1954, 45 No. 30.

The upper part of Mithras' body as a bullkiller with the dog. Before the bull Cautes standing cross-legged and holding a torch in his r.h. and a pedum in his l.h. Above Mithras' head are two altars(?) and on the right the bust of Luna.

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