Tauroctony lower portion from Pautalia

The lower part of a marble relief (H. 0.37 Br. 0.55 D. 0.04–0.05) discovered in a house at Küstendil where it was used as lid to a cauldron. It is not certain whether it comes from the town itself or from its surroundings. Küstendil, Museum.Kazarow in Germania 1935, 25 No. 3 and Pl. 2, 2; BIAB VIII, 1934, 52f No. 15 and fig. 37; LeRoy Campbell in Berytus XI 1954, 51 No. 522. See fig. 618.Mithras as a bullkiller; the upper part of the relief with the head of the bull is lost as well as by far the greater part of the torchbearers. The l. knee and the r. leg of Mithras, one foot of the l…