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Monumentum

Bull's head fragments from Sarmizegetusa

Two marble fragments from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, one preserving the head of the bull and another the bull's ear.

The New Mithraeum

27 May 2026

Fragment (H. 0.07 Br. 0.06 D. 0.01) with the head of the bull (Kiraly, 63 No. 159) and a fragment (H. 0.03 Br. 0.07 D. 0.01) with the ear of the bull's head (Kiraly, 63 No. 160).

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