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Fragment of an open-work marble tauroctony from the Mithraeum at Apulum, Dacia, preserving Mithras's head with only the snout of the bull; the relief is framed by a border.
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27 May 2026
Fragment of an open-work relief (H. 0.36 Br. 0.10–0.33 base).Christescu in Dacia III–IV, 1927–1932, 620 No. 1 and fig. 1; Daicoviciu in Dacia VII–VIII, 1937–1940, 308 No. 11a; LeRoy Campbell in Berytus XI, 1954, 46 No. 33.Mithras as a bullkiller. The god's head, r. leg and cloak; the bull's tail and hindleg are lost. The dog and the serpent near the wound, no scorpion visible. Cautes (r) with upraised torch and cross-legged; Cautopates is lost. In the base an inscription: