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Monumentum

Sol and Mithras upper corner from Sarmizegetusa

Fragment of a bluish marble tauroctony from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the left upper corner with the bust of Sol and beside it the upper part of a person in Phrygian cap — probably Mithras as an archer.
 
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27 May 2026
Fragment of a bluish marble relief (H. 0.13 Br. 0.15 D. 0.028).Studniczka, No. 43; Kiraly, 55 No. 134; MMM II 302 No. 178bis.The l. upper corner of a relief. The bust of Sol and beside it the upper part of a person in Phrygian cap (Mithras as an archer; water-miracle). He sits on a rocky stone.

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