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Sol bust from Sarmizegetusa

Fragment of bluish marble from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the dressed bust of Sol with a diadem and holes for five rays; traces of red colour are preserved.
 
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
Fragment in bluish marble (H. 0.105).Studniczka, 212 No. 24; Kiraly, 44 No. 122 and Pl. XV, 1; MMM II 290 No. 160 and fig. 144. See fig. 544.Dressed bust of Sol with a diadem. Traces of red colour. Five holes for the rays. The arms are lost.

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