Monumentum
Tauroctony relief from Oarda de Sus
Small relief found in 1956 at Oarda de Sus near Alba Julia, Dacia, framed by a border; the upper part depicts the dressed bust of Mithras in Phrygian cap, the lower portion the bull-slaying scene.
Tauroctony relief from Oarda de SusCIMRM
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
Relief (H. 0.42 Br. 0.22 D. 0.10–0.15), found in 1956 by the farmer Susan Simion at Oarda de Sus (near Alba Julia, dep. Hunedoara) on the l. bank of the Mureș in a place called 'Intre părae'.The relief is framed by a border. In the upper part the dressed bust of Mithras in Phrygian cap. The dress is fastened by means of a fibula on the l. shoulder. Underneath it an inscription:
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