CIMRM 1910-1911 - Tauroctony in yellow limestone. Golubic, Bosnia-Herzegovina.

CIMRM entry

RAETINIUM( ?) 1910. Relief in yellow limestone (H. 0.68 Br. 0.345 D. 0.18) found on a hill west of the village of Golubic near a Roman-Catholic cemetery. Golubic is situated near Bihac in N-W Bosnia. Split, Archaeological Museum. Tomaschek in SbAW (Phil. Hist.Kl.) 99, 1881, 467ff; S. Ljubic in Vjesnik V, 1883, 122; Bornicic in Kroatische Revue II, 1886, 144; Patsch in WMBH V, 1897,354 and fig. 11; MMM II 327 No. 222 and 490f with fig. 426; Brunsmid in Vjesnik VIII, 1905, 63ff No. 123 and fig.; Patsch in Glasnik Zem. Mus. BH. 1895,455; Gabricevic in AJ I, 1954,37 No. 12, The fig. 498 is kindly given by B. Gabricevic. In an arched niche is the representation of Mithras as a bullkiller. The god's r. arm, r.h. with dagger are lost. Outside the grotto's border is the raven; dog, serpent and scorpion in the usual places. Neither torchbearers is cross-legged; the torch of Cautopates (l) is lost; the faces are damaged as well as those of Mithras, Sol (l) and Luna (r). Solis represented in a nimbus and in a radiate crown; he holds a whip in the upraised r.h. Luna has a crescent behind her shoulders. In the field an inscription: 1911. CIL III S. 10034; MMM II No. add. 353. Aure/lius / Ma/ximus /Pant[a]die/[nus].