Tauroctony relief from Scythia Minor

Nine fragments of a white marble relief (H. 0.155 Br. 0.155 D. 0.008). Prof. Dr. D. Tudor informed me that it probably came from Scythia Minor. Bucarest, National Museum (Inv. No. 1483).Unpublished! See fig. 642. By courtesy of Prof. Dr. Dorin Popescu and Prof. Dr. D. M. Pippidi who gave me the permission to photograph and publish it.In the centre Mithras as a bullkiller; traces of red colour on the god's cloak on which the raven is perched. The serpent and the foremost part of the dog. Cautes (r) and Cautopates (l) are cross-legged and hold the torches upwards or downwards and they rest a pedum against their l…