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Mithras torso in bullkiller posture from Sarmizegetusa

Two fragments of a bluish marble tauroctony from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the torso of Mithras in the bull-killing posture.
 
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
Two fragments of a bluish marble relief (H. 0.10–0.11 Br. 0.12–0.15 D. 0.014).Studniczka, 210 No. 21; Kiraly, 42f No. 116 and Pl. XII, 2; MMM II 288 No. 155 and fig. 138; LeRoy Campbell in Berytus XI, 1954, 46 No. 84. See fig. 548.Torso of Mithras as a bullkiller; the flame of Cautes' torch; the scene of Mithras' rockbirth with dagger and torch; bust of Luna.

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