Monumentum
Marble relief fragment of Mithras from Apulum
This marble fragment from Apulum preserves the head of Mithras beneath an arch together with a raven and the remains of Sol’s radiate crown.
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The New Mithraeum
15 May 2026
TNMM 1415 ↔ CIMRM 1979 & 1980
Three fragments of a marble relief (H. 0.27 Br. 0.095 D. 0.02) found at Apulum but the exact find-spot is not known. Alba Julia, Muzeul Regional. Inv. No. 25718.
Fig. 516.
The l. part of a relief. Inside an arch the head of Mithras in Phrygian cap. Above it an altar, then a vase or the leg of kline. In the l. upper corner a raven and next to it the remnants of the radiate crown of Sol. In the upper border:
CIMRM 1980
L.H. 0.01.
Soli inv[icto].
Main inscription
Soli Inv[icto].
To the invincible Sol.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
