Silvered bronze tauroctony from Stockstadt

Fragment of a silvered bronze plate (H. 0.05 Br. 0.105 D. 0.0015). Inv. No. 373.Schleiermacher, 54 No. 3 and n. 8 (Drexel) and figs. 6, 7; Esp. Rec. Germ., 190f No. 308 and fig.; Stade, 39 No. 3 and figs. 5, 6. See fig. 319.Only the upper part is preserved. Mithras grasps the bull in order to kill him. The god has a tunica manicata. The god's head, his r.h. and wrist and the bull's head are preserved. Cautes with upraised torch is turned to the bull. In the border of the grotto is the raven; in the field before Mithras are four stars (originally there certainly were seven)…