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Monumentum

Trapezium tauroctony from Tomis

White marble trapezium-shaped tauroctony relief probably from Constanța, ancient Tomis in Moesia Inferior, divided into three horizontal registers with the central tauroctony and subsidiary scenes.

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28 May 2026

Relief in white marble (H. 0.35 Br. 0.24 D. 0.19), probably found at Constanța. Bucarest, National Museum.MMM II 273 No. 125.The relief has the form of a trapezium and is divided into three parts by horizontal rims. In the centre Mithras as a bullkiller with the raven on the flying cloak. The dog and the serpent, no scorpion. Cautes (r) and Cautopates (l) and in the upper corners the busts of Sol (l) and of Luna (r). Above the latter a representation of Mithras' rockbirth. The god emerges with upraised hands.In the upper part:1) Mithras taurophorus.2) Mithras riding the bull…

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