Great Tauroctony of Carnuntum Mithraeum III

Fragments of a large relief in sandstone (H. 2.75 Br. 3.88 D. 0.50).Reichel, 177; MMM II 494f and fig. 431; Kubitschek, fig. 24; LeRoy Campbell in Berytus XI, 1954, 47 No. 125; Kostbarkeiten aus Carnuntum, Wien 1957², fig. 9; Swoboda, Carnuntum ³, Pl. XLVI, 1. See fig. 430.In the reverse of the relief are holes for fastening it in the wall by means of hooks. Many parts of the relief are lost, but it is clear that we have to do with the representation of Mithras tauroctone. The relief has now been restored. Mithras’ head with Phrygian cap, the bull’s head and some other parts such as the hoof of the l…