Three-register tauroctony from Sarmizegetusa

Ten fragments of a greyish marble relief (H. 0.73 Br. 0.512 D. 0.025–0.018).Studniczka, No. 34; Kiraly, 53ff No. 133 and fig. XX; MMM II 297f No. 170. See fig. 540.The relief is divided into three parts by two horizontal rims. In the centre Mithras as a bullkiller; the god's breast, the flying cloak, the arm with the dagger and the r. leg are preserved. The tail, the horns and parts of the legs of the bull are lost. Traces of the raven on Mithras' cloak, the leaping dog and part of the serpent. Behind the dog a krater above which a lion's head. Only the torso of the l…