Tauroctony relief from Nagy-Kovácsi

Relief in limestone (H. 0.63 Br. 0.74 D. 0.11) found in a grotto in a wood at Nagy-Kovácsi. Budapest, National Museum (Inv. No. 91).Kuzsinsky in BpR V 1897, 115 No. 16; JOAI 1899 (Beibl.) 54f No. 5 and fig. 16; Aquincum, 158 No. 91; BpTört., II Pl. LXIII, 1; LeRoy Campbell in Berytus XI, 1954, 48 No. 155. See fig. 452.Mithras as a bullkiller. The serpent creeps over the ground; the dog is at some distance before the bull; the raven is in the r. upper corner; the scorpion in the usual place. Behind the bull Cautopates standing on a rocky base; not cross-legged; he holds the torch downwards with both hands…