Tauroctony with belted bull from Sarmizegetusa

The lower part of a white relief in limestone (H. 0.36 Br. 0.53 D. 0.135).Studniczka, 212ff No. 27; Kiraly, 60f No. 145 and Pl. XXII; MMM II 292 No. 163 and fig. 146. See fig. 537.Mithras as a bullkiller. Preserved: the bull with belt, but without head or tail; the forefeet of the dog; the feet of the r. torchbearer. Underneath the main scene is a horizontal border on which the serpent and the scorpion are represented between a row of seven altars. A reclining figure on the r. who rests his r.h. on his knee and who holds an oblong object in his l.h. (Oceanus).Underneath the border from l. to r…