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Small marble tauroctony from Vintu de Jos

Marble tauroctony relief from Vintu de Jos near Apulum, Dacia, depicting the standard bull-slaying scene.
Small marble tauroctony from Vintu de Jos

Small marble tauroctony from Vintu de Jos
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The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026

TNMM 1880 ↔ CIMRM 2001

Marble relief (H. 0.16 Br. 0.23 D. 0.02), found in the Mureș (Maros), Vintu de Jos (Alvincz). Sibiu, Museum Brukenthal. (Inv. No. 1827).

Gooss AVSL XII, 1874, 170; C. Gooss, Chronik der archäologischen Funde Siebenbürgens, Hermannstadt 1876, 65; Studniczka in AEMO VIII, 1884, 34 No. 72; MMM II 315 No. 198 and fig. 174; LeRoy Campbell in Berytus XI, 1954, 46 No. 32. See fig. 524.

Mithras as a bullkiller with dog, serpent and torchbearers, each with upraised torch. The raven is represented in the l. upper corner, no scorpion. In the l. bottom corner is the foremost part of a lion. Beside the head of Mithras are the dressed busts of Sol (l) and of Luna (r). In the bottom border an inscription:

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