CIMRM 1919 - Limestone relief tauroctony. Dragu, Romania.

DRAGU 1919. Relief in limestone (H. 0.41 Br. 0.49 D. 0.07), found at Dragu (reg. Jibou). Cluj, Museum Inv. No. 1326. See fig. 500. This relief has the form of a temple with a triangular pediment and two columns. Mithras tauroctone with scorpion, dog and snake. Before him a standing person in oriental dress holding an axe in his l.h. The r. arm is damaged. Between this person and Mithras is a flying naked Phosphorus or Lucifer with a torch in his r.h. Behind Mithras a person in Oriental dress standing on a base. With his l.h. he touches the seam of a cloak which is fastened by means of a fibula. He holds a patera with two short handles or a lamp with two wicks in his r.h. In the pediment from l. to r.: 1) Lion. 2) Sol in shoulder-cape and in radiate crown. He holds a whip in his l.h. 3) Luna with crescent behind her shoulders. 4) Raven.