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Monumentum

Bull's muzzle fragments from Sarmizegetusa

Fragments of a bluish marble tauroctony from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, possibly related to the preceding piece, preserving remnants of a bull.

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27 May 2026

Fragments in bluish marble (H. 0.11 Br. 0.285 D. 0.01). Cumont speaks of greyish marble and therefore is of the opinion that the fragments may belong to the preceding No.Studniczka, 209 No. 13; Kiraly, 38 No. 111; MMM II 286 No. 148a.Remnants of a bullkiller; the hindleg of the bull, the scorpion and a foot of a torchbearer.In the bottom border an inscription:

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