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Monumentum

Tauroctony fragment from Radomir

Marble tauroctony relief fragment from near Radomir, Thracia, depicting the foremost part of the bull and the lower body of a cross-legged torchbearer.
 
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
Fragment of a marble relief (H. 0.115 Br. 0.105 D. 0.09), found in the neighbourhood of Radomir (distr. Sofia). Sofia, National Museum.Welkow in BIAB 1932–1933, 402; Kazarow in Germania XIX, 1935, 25 No. 1 and fig. 1.Mithras as a bullkiller. The foremost part of the bull and the lower part of a cross-legged torchbearer before him. Underneath the main scene is Sol's car which is drawn by a single horse. Sol helps Mithras to ascend and he holds the reins with his l.h. Under the forelegs of the horse is a vase with water pouring forth from it.

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