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Fine Mithras head from Sarmizegetusa

Marble relief fragment from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving a very fine head of Mithras in Phrygian cap — described by Kiraly as among the best-executed heads from the sanctuary.
 
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
Fragment of a relief (H. 0.05 Br. 0.075 D. 0.01–0.025).Kiraly, 62f No. 151 and Pl. XV, 1.Very fine head of Mithras in Phrygian cap.

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