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Monumentum

Tauroctony relief from Veles

White marble tauroctony relief from Veles, ancient Bylazora in Macedonia; the merchant reported that other fragments of the same monument were walled into a fountain in Veles.
 
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
White marble relief (measurements unknown). The monument was at the house of the merchant G. Zokević at Veles; it was probably found at Veles, as the merchant said that the other fragments are walled in in a fountain at Veles (Bylazora).Vulić in RA (S. 6) I, 1933, 193, No. VII and fig. 9; Bulic in Spomenik LXXV, 58, 1933 No. 33 and fig. See fig. 651.The relief is divided into three sections. In the upper part under a vault there is the Gigantomachy; Jupiter grasps a semi-reclining person by the hair with his l.h. and throws a thunderbolt with his r.h. A second Giant takes to flight…

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