Monumentum
Tauroctony altar from Alsóbajom
Sandstone altar from Alsóbajom near Mediaș, Dacia, with Mithras killing the bull between Cautes and Cautopates on its front face and no animals depicted; Sol appears in the upper left corner and Luna in the upper right.
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
TNMM 2415 ↔ CIMRM 1934
Altar in sandstone (H. 1.01 Br. 0.51). Found near Mediaș at Alsóbajom (Boian, district Târnava Mică). Budapest, National Museum.
MMM II 307 No. 190 and fig. 165.
Mithras as a bullkiller between Cautes (r) and Cautopates (l). No animals. In the upper l. corner Sol; in the upper r. corner Luna with crescent.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
