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Bull in boat fragment from Sarmizegetusa

Fragment of greyish marble from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving a bull in a small boat — a rare iconographic detail in Mithraic art.
 
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27 May 2026
Fragment of a greyish marble relief (Br. 0.11).Studniczka, 212 No. 24; MMM II 290 No. 159.Central part of an arch; the border is decorated with leaves directed towards a flower-bud. A bull in a small boat; the bull's head and the foremost part of the boat are damaged.

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