The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
White marble relief (H. 0.24 Br. 1.95 D. 0.03), found in the Mureș (Maros) at Vintu de Jos (Alvincz) near Apulum about 1859. Sibiu (= Nagy Szeben = Hermannstadt), Muzeul Regional (Museum Brukenthal). Inv. No. 1826.Studniczka in AEMO VIII, 1884, 34 No. 71; Cumont in AErt 1893, 291; MMM II 313 No. 195 and fig. 171. See fig. 523.The relief is almost identical with a monument from Apulum (see No. 1974) so that they may originate from the same work-shop. There are, however, the following differences:1) The raven is not perched on a krater, but on a rocky stone.2) The division of the nine altars…
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