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Locus

Acbunar

The locality of Acbunar is associated with archaeological remains from the lower Danubian frontier zone.

Mithraic monuments of Acbunar

 

Possible Mithraeum at Acbunar

Archaeological context at Acbunar (Mircea Vodă) near Troesmis, Moesia Inferior, where twelve marble pieces, pottery, lamps, and a coin were found 30 metres from a Roman building, suggesting the presence of a Mithraeum.

CIMRM 2288

 

Tauroctony with buffalo-like bull from Acbunar

Yellowish marble tauroctony relief from Acbunar, Moesia Inferior, depicting Mithras killing a bull described as unusually buffalo-like; the god looks back at the raven on the grotto's border.

CIMRM 2289

 

Tauroctony with torchbearers from Acbunar

Four white marble tauroctony fragments from Acbunar, Moesia Inferior, depicting the standard bull-slaying with cross-legged torchbearers.

CIMRM 2290

 

Three-register tauroctony from Acbunar

Two fragments of a yellowish marble tauroctony from Acbunar, Moesia Inferior, divided into three registers by two horizontal rims; the upper registers carry subsidiary Mithraic scenes.

CIMRM 2291

 

Tauroctony upper panel from Acbunar

Upper portion of a yellowish marble tauroctony in two fragments from Acbunar, Moesia Inferior, preserving the divine busts of Sol and Luna in the upper register.

CIMRM 2292

 

Sol's biga fragment from Acbunar

Marble relief fragment from Acbunar, Moesia Inferior, preserving the foremost part of two horses — probably from a scene of Sol's biga — with remnants of an inscription below.

CIMRM 2293

 

January dedication from Acbunar

Fragmentary inscription from Acbunar, Moesia Inferior, recording a votive fulfilment on the Kalends or Ides of January — one of the few Mithraic inscriptions with a calendar date.

CIMRM 2294

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