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Micia

Micia flourished as a military settlement and religious centre in the Mureș valley of Dacia.

Mithraic monuments of Micia

 

Tauroctony relief from Micia

Left portion of a large limestone tauroctony relief from Mintia, ancient Micia in Dacia, depicting Mithras killing the bull with a belt, the bull's tail ending in corn-ears, together with subsidiary Mithraic scenes.

CIMRM 2018

 

Inscription to Cautes from Micia

Inscription from Mintia-Vețel, ancient Micia in Dacia, bearing only the brief dedication Caute.

CIMRM 2019

 

Tauroctony fragment from Micia

Limestone tauroctony relief fragment from Mintia-Vețel, ancient Micia in Dacia, now lost, preserving the left corner with Cautopates with torch downward and a partially legible inscription below.

CIMRM 2020

 

Inscription of Aurelius from Micia

Inscription from Micia, Dacia, dedicated to Soli invicto Mithrae by Aurelius; the rest of the dedicant's name is lost.

CIMRM 2021

 

Altar of Rutus from Micia

Inscription from near Mintia, ancient Micia in Dacia, dedicated to Deus Mithras by Rutus ex voto.

CIMRM 2022

 

Upper tauroctony fragment from Micia

Fragment of a marble tauroctony relief from Vețel, ancient Micia in Dacia, preserving only the upper part of the arched centre with the upper portion of Mithras killing the bull.

CIMRM 2023

 

Primitive tauroctony relief from Micia

Primitive marble tauroctony relief from the Museum at Cluj, Dacia, attributed to Micia but with uncertain provenance; a rough representation of Mithras killing the bull without Phrygian cap.

CIMRM 2024

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