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Monumentum

Rock-birth altar from Decea Mureșului

White sandstone altar from Decea Mureșului near Aiud, ancient Bruckla in Dacia, depicting on its front the naked Mithras being born from the rock, holding a torch in his right hand and a dagger in his left, with a coiled serpent below.

The New Mithraeum

28 May 2026

Altar in white sandstone (H. 0.56 Br. 0.29 D. 0.26). Found at Decea Mureșului near Aiud.Téglas AEMO XIII, 1889 No. 22; MMM II 317 No. 203. See fig. 504.The naked Mithras is being born from the rock. He holds a torch in his r.h. and a dagger in his l.h. A serpent is coiled around the rock.

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