Tauroctony relief from Plevna

TNMM 2487 ↔ CIMRM 2255

Marble relief (H. 0.67 Br. 0.68 D. 0.18), found at Plevna (Plewen) between the remnants of a demolished church.

Kazarow in BSAB 1911, 53f No. 4 and fig. 4. See fig. 626.

Mithras as a bullkiller in a grotto. The dog, the serpent and the scorpion. The raven is perched on the rocky border. The torchbearers Cautes (r) and Cautopates (l) are standing cross-legged and they press their l. hands against their breasts. Each has an object in his l. hand; with their r. hands they hold the torches upwards or downwards. In the upper corners the busts of Sol (l) in radiate crown and of Luna in crescent (r).