Tauroctony from Nicopolis ad Istrum

Slab in limestone (H. 1.20 Br. 0.62 D. 0.25) found at Stari-Nikup (Eski-Nikup).MMM II 489 No. 131bis and fig. 423; LeRoy Campbell in Berytus XI, 1954, 48 No. 128. See fig. 628, a–b.In the upper part of the slab a square has been carved out in which Mithras as a bullkiller is represented in the usual way. The dog and the serpent; the raven is perched on the flying cloak. The presence of the scorpion is not certain. Cautes (r) and Cautopates (l) are not cross-legged. Between the busts of Sol (1) and of Luna (r) a row of seven altars. Above and beside the main scene is an inscription…