Circular tauroctony in laurel wreath from Sárkeszi

Circular plate in white marble (diam. 0.25 D. 0.015–0.017); in five fragments.Nagy, 108ff and fig. 8. See fig. 469.Inside a laurel-wreath an open-work sculpture representing Mithras as a bullkiller. Only part of the bull's body, the foremost part of the leaping dog, part of Mithras' tunic and the upper part of his undressed legs are preserved. From other fragments we know that Cautes (r) and Cautopates (l) were represented: Cautes holds a bow in his l.h.; Cautopates is cross-legged. Underneath the bull and between the dog through a horizontal rim a small part of the serpent is visible…