CIMRM 1871 - Damaged Tauroctony from Crikvine, near Salona. Split, Croatia.

CIMRM entry

1871. Relief in limestone (H. 0.46 Br. 0.73 D. 0.14) found at Crikvine near Klisa in the surroundings of Salona. The monument was found in 1908 "nel selciato tra una chiesetta del V-VI sec. (Crkva si Elye = S. Elia) e un altra costruzione coll'apside orientata verso Ouest (Mitreo ?)" (Gabricevic in a letter). Split, Archaeological Museum. Inv. No. 412D. Bulic in BASD XXXII, 1909, 53 and Pl. VII, 1 ; Gabricevic in AJ I, 1954, 37 No. 6; LeRoy Campbell in Berytus XI, 1954,47 No. 122. See fig. 485. Mithras as a bullkiller with the raven perched on his flying cloak. The dog, the serpent and the scorpion. Behind the bull a torchbearer not cross-legged who holds a torch upwards in his r.h.; his companion is almost completely lost. The bust of Sol in radiate crown (l) and the bust of Luna (r). The relief is badly damaged.