Marble tauroctony from Apulum

White marble relief found at Apulum. Formerly at Cluj (= Kolozsvár = Klausenburg) afterwards transported to Budapest, where it was in a private collection.Cumont in AErt 1893, 290; MMM II 312f No. 194 and fig. 170. Cf. Mon. 2000.Mithras as a bullkiller in a grotto. The dog with collar and the scorpion; the serpent is not represented. On either side are the torchbearers in Oriental dress, but without Phrygian cap; they are not cross-legged and they wear boots. They hold their torches upwards (Cautes, l.) or downwards (Cautopates, r.) with their r. hands. Against their l…