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Monumentum

Multi-scene marble relief from Sarmizegetusa

Fragment of a white marble relief from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving in the upper portion several Mithraic scenes including a standing figure, a burning altar, and part of a reclining figure.
 
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
Fragment of a white marble relief (H. 0.075 Br. 0.03–0.085 D. 0.018).Studniczka, No. 39; Kiraly, 62 No. 147; MMM II 301 No. 174 and fig. 157. See fig. 570.The upper part of a relief which is surrounded by a border. The following scenes are visible:1) Piece of a tree-trunk or of a rock (water-miracle?).2) Bull lying in a small boat.3) Underneath him a lying sheep.4) The wall of a small house (the bull in a house).

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