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Two-sided relief from Konjic
The mithraic relief of Konjic shows a Tauroctony in one side and a ritual meal in the other.
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17 May 2021
Updated on 22 Jan 2022
Mithraic communion from Konjic
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Mithraic communion from Konjic
CIMRM
Tauroctony from Konjic
CIMRM
Mithraic communion from Konjic
CIMRM
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Relief in grey limestone (H. 0.59 Br. 0.825 D. 0.10) from the Repovic mountains. It is sculptured on two sides and it was found near A. Sarajevo, Archaeological Museum. Probably 4th cent. A.D.
1) Front: By two vertical rims the relief is divided into three parts. In the grotto which is indicated by an arch with an inscription (No. 1896,2) Mithras kills the bull. The head of the god and part of his r. leg are lost. The raven is perched on the grotto's border, the dog, the serpent and the scorpion in the usual places.
1) Front: By two vertical rims the relief is divided into three parts. In the grotto which is indicated by an arch with an inscription (No. 1896,2) Mithras kills the bull. The head of the god and part of his r. leg are lost. The raven is perched on the grotto's border, the dog, the serpent and the scorpion in the usual places.
Data
- Location
DalmatiaKonjic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) - Current location
Zemaljski muzej Bosne i Hercegovine [211] Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) - Type
- Labels
- Dimensions H. 59 W. 82.5 D. 10 cm
- Dating 4th century
- Material Stone Limestone
- Canonical URI
mithraeum.eu/monument/259
- CIMRM 1896
- CIL III 14617