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Tauroctony relief from Sarmizegetusa

Marble tauroctony relief from Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, in the Deva Museum, depicting Mithras killing the bull; one of several reliefs attributed to the Sarmizegetusa sanctuary that were found elsewhere.
Tauroctony relief from SarmizegetusaCIMRM
 
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
Marble relief (H. 0.30 Br. 0.49 D. 0.045) from Sarmizegetusa. Deva, Museum.Teglas in Dolgozatok Cluj VI, 1889, 358; idem in AEMO XIII, 1890, 193 No. 5; MMM II 306 No. 186bis; Teglas in Dolgozatok Cluj XIX, 20; Ann. ép. 1912, No. 308. See fig. 580.Mithras as a bullkiller. The dog, the snake and the raven. In the upper corners the busts of Sol (l) and of Luna (r). In the bottom border an inscription:

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