Tauroctony of Mauls

Relief in limestone (H. 1.20 Br. 1.50) found near Mauls in the valley of Eisack between rocks in 1589. It was transported to the Library of Innsbruck in 1797; from the beginning of the 19th cent. in the Museum at Vienna (Wien); after World War II at Stertzing-Vipiteno.

In a grotto Mithras in Oriental dress kills the bull whose tail ends in corn-ears. The r.h. of the god is lost. The god wears a belt with a sheath over his r. shoulder. The dog and the serpent hold their heads near the wound; the raven is perched on the grotto's border; the scorpion is in the usual place. Cautes (r) and

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