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Tauroctony lower right from Sarmizegetusa

Marble tauroctony fragment from Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the right lower corner with the forepart of the bull with a broad belt and the leg of a figure.
 
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
Fragment of a marble relief (H. 0.25 Br. 0.30) found at Sarmizegetusa (= Várhély). Cluj, Museum.MMM II 305 No. 186.The r. bottom corner of a representation of Mithras as a bullkiller. The foremost part of the bull which wears a broad belt; the greater part of the serpent; the foremost part of the dog; the lower part of standing Cautes with upraised torch.

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