Tauroctony relief with corn-ear tail from Petronell

Marble relief (H. 0.39 Br. 0.41 D. 0.02–0.04), found at Petronell. Graf Traun's private collection.See fig. 447 (after a copy of the original in the Museum Carnuntinum).Mithras kills the bull, whose tail ends in corn-ears. Raven, dog and serpent, but no scorpion. Cautes (r) holds the torch upwards in his r.h.; Cautopates (l) holds the torch downwards with both hands. Not cross-legged. In the upper corners: bust of Sol (l) in nimbus and crown of nine rays; bust of Luna (r) in nimbus.Traces of red on Mithras' mantle and Phrygian cap, the grotto was painted blue.