Sandstone tauroctony relief from Carnuntum

Relief in sandstone, broken in two parts (H. 1.20 Br. 1.60 D. 0.20). Vienna (Wien), Kunsthistorisches Museum, Inv. No. I, 17/18. Now in loan in the Museum Carnuntinum in Deutsch-Altenburg.MMM II 330j and fig. 203; v. Arneth, o.c., 341; LeRoy Campbell in Berytus XI, 1954, 48 No. 154. See fig. 424.The relief has been restored very well and it is possible to distinguish the original from the restored fragments. Mithras kills the bull, the tail of which ends in three parts. Of the bull’s head one ear, a horn and the foremost part of the muzzle are lost; of the dog only the r…