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Mithras's foot and dagger sheath from Sarmizegetusa

Fragment of a bluish marble tauroctony from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the border of Mithras's tunic, the sheath of the dagger, and his right foot.
 
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
Fragment of a bluish marble relief (H. 0.067–0.122 Br. 0.09 D. 0.025).Studniczka, 208 No. 10; Kiraly, 38 No. 109 and Pl. XII, 3; MMM II 286 No. 146. See fig. 551.L. bottom corner: the border of the tunic and the sheath of the dagger; the r. foot of Mithras on the bull's hindfoot; the tail of the serpent; Cautopates (l) who holds a torch in each hand. His head is lost. In the bottom border an inscription:

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