Upper tauroctony fragment from Micia

TNMM 2429 ↔ CIMRM 2023

Fragment of a marble relief (H. 0.16 Br. 0.22 D. 0.03), found at Vețel (Veczel). Cluj, Museum.

MMM II 306f No. 188 and fig. 164. See fig. 528.

Only the upper part of the arched centre is preserved. In the centre the upper part of Mithras killing the bull. No raven. Behind him the head of a torchbearer. Next to it the upper part of Mithras (riding the bull?). Above this main representation there are other scenes separated from it by a horizontal rim:

1) Bust of Sol.

2) Mithras sitting on a rocky stone shoots at a rock before which a person kneels holding his hands at his mouth. Behind Mithras a standing person who grasps the god by the shoulders.

3) Small house with the bull. In front of it Mithras, touching the roof with his torch.

4) Behind Mithras a person walking with outstretched l.h.

5) Reclining bearded person partly wrapped in a cloak.