Monumentum
Tauroctony fragment from Turda
White marble tauroctony fragment from Turda, Dacia, preserved in the Deva Museum, showing only the forepart of Mithras killing the bull with the god's snout.
Tauroctony fragment from TurdaCIMRM
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
TNMM 1999 ↔ CIMRM 2152
Fragment of a white marble relief (H. 0.16 Br. 0.09 D. 0.02–0.025) found at Turda (Torda). Deva, Museum.
MMM II 319¹ No. 207 and fig. 180; Ferri, Arte Danubio, 346 fig. 458. See fig. 583.
The foremost part of Mithras as a bullkiller; only the snout of the bull is preserved. Cautes with upraised r. arm and with a large burning torch in his l.h. Traces of red colour on his Phrygian cap; the legs are lost. Above him the dressed bust of Luna with a crescent behind her shoulders.
Cumont is of the opinion that the monument comes from Turda (Torda), but according to the inventary of the Museum, Sarmizegetusa is given as provenance.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
