Tauroctony from Reșca

Fragment of a marble relief (H. 0.13 Br. 0.095 D. 0.015) from Romula (Reșca).Bucarest, National Museum (Inv. No. L. 1647).Unpublished. See fig. 588.Scene of Mithras as a bullkiller of which only the bull’s breast and part of his head are preserved. The dog and the r. torchbearer, cross-legged, his l.h. downwards. R. arm, head and feet got lost. Behind him the scene of Mithras’ rockbirth. He rests his l.h. on the rock, his r.h. is raised up. The relief probably had a triangular pediment.