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Tirgușor

Târgușor lies within the territory historically associated with Roman Dobruja and the lower Danube frontier.

Mithraic monuments of Tirgușor

 

Mithraeum at Tirgușor

Small Mithraic sanctuary discovered in 1958 in the grotto called Adam near Tirgușor, Moesia Inferior, about 30 km from Constanța; the monuments are remarkable for their Greek inscriptions.

CIMRM 2303

 

Base of Flavius Horimos from Tirgușor

Limestone base from the Mithraeum at Tirgușor, Moesia Inferior, bearing a Greek inscription dedicated to the invincible Mithras by Flavius Horimos.

CIMRM 2304

 

Tauroctony with upraised torches from Tirgușor

Sandstone tauroctony relief with pediment from the Mithraeum at Tirgușor, Moesia Inferior, depicting the bull-slaying with two cross-legged torchbearers both holding their torches upraised and Sol and Luna busts in the upper corners; no dog or scorpion.

CIMRM 2305

 

Small altar of Horimos from Tirgușor

Small sandstone altar with red-painted lettering from the Mithraeum at Tirgușor, Moesia Inferior, dedicated to the god by Horimos.

CIMRM 2308

 

Second altar of Horimos from Tirgușor

Small sandstone altar with red-painted lettering from the Mithraeum at Tirgușor, Moesia Inferior, dedicated by Horimos to the god Caute; the last letters of the inscription are uncertain.

CIMRM 2309

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