Tauroctony upper portion from Tomis

TNMM 2519 ↔ CIMRM 2302

Three fragments of a white marble relief (H. 0.37 Br. 0.49 D. 0.05), probably found at Constanța. Bucarest, National Museum (Coll. Mauros). Inv. No. L. 1756.

MMM II 274 No. 130 and fig. 117; Tocilescu, 529 No. 13 and fig. 13. See fig. 637.

The upper part of Mithras as a bullkiller. The r. bottom corner with one foreleg of the bull against which the dog leaps up. A burning altar. A walking person in a short tunic and a cap with a long velum. He holds a torch upwards in his r.h. Another fragment shows Cautopates and the tail of the bull. Only the upper part of his body is preserved. He holds an undistinct object (pine-apple?) in his l.h.