Third tauroctony relief from Slăveni-Romanați

Relief in reddish-white marble (H. 0.39 Br. 0.36 D. 0.045). Bucarest, Magazines of the National Museum (Coll. C. Bolliac), L. 713.Lajard, Intr., Pl. XCIX, 4; MMM II 280 No. 137c and fig. 123; Tudor in Dacia IX–X, 1941–1944, 408f No. 1 and fig. 1; LeRoy Campbell in Berytus XI, 1954, 50 No. 192. See fig. 589.Mithras as a bullkiller in a grotto. On the rocky border are the busts of Sol (l) and of Luna (r). The god's r. knee is represented before the body of the bull. The raven is perched on Mithras' cloak; the dog and the serpent hold their heads towards the wound; no scorpion…