The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
Arched relief (H. 0.205 Br. 0.175–0.20 D. 0.035) discovered in "Tauschen-tepe", north of Iambol, where the ruins of ancient Kabyle are situated (Cf. PW X 1455).Kazarow in AA 1920–1921, 344f and fig.; AJA 1924, 82; LeRoy Campbell in Berytus XI, 1954, 50 No. 222.The weathered relief represents Mithras as a bullkiller. On either side a torchbearer. Before Cautes who is standing behind the bull, there is on the floor a vaguely visible object (lion's head?). Above him the raven.Above the main scene from l. to r.:1) A sitting animal.2) Standing bull in a small boat.3) Mithras' rockbirth between Luna and Sol…
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