Tauroctony relief from Mainz

Fragment of a relief in white sandstone (H. 0.325 Br. 0.685 D. 0.16) found in the wall of a house "auf dem Höfchen" in 1864. Mainz, Städtisches Altertumsmuseum.Becker in AnnVerNassAlt VIII, 1866, 569; MMM II 381 No. 257 and fig. 295; Esp. Rec. Gaule VII, 301 No. 5775 and fig. See fig. 320 kindly given by Prof. Dr. H. Klumbach.The fragment is divided into two parts by a vertical rim. On the r. side the head of a blowing Windgod. Next to it a person dressed in tunic and shoulder-cape kneels down with outstretched hands before standing Mithras. The god is dressed in a cape and Phrygian cap…