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Monumentum

Double-sided marble relief fragment from San Zeno

Fragment of a double-sided white marble Mithraic relief from San Zeno, found near the Castello di Tuenno, depicting elements of the tauroctony cycle and bearing a dedication to Deo Invicto Mithrae.

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26 Jan 2026

Fragment of a white marble relief, worked on either side (H. 0.79 Br. 0.18), found in the ruins of the Castello di Tuenno near the entry to the Tovel-valley. Trento, Museo Nazionale. Zanella in Ann. 1st. 1864, 81 and PI. F 1-2; MMM II 266f No. 114 with figs. 106-107; Campi in Arch. Trentino XXIV, 1909, 15ff. with Tav. II, 2-3; Mayr in der Schlern IX, 1928, 86. Figs. 198-199 kindly procurated by the Keeper of the Museum. Of the main scene are only visible a foot of Mithras, remnants of a torch-bearer and above it the head of Sol in radiate crown. The entire l. side-border has been preserved, on which…

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