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Monumentum

Upper tauroctony fragment from Micia

Fragment of a marble tauroctony relief from Vețel, ancient Micia in Dacia, preserving only the upper part of the arched centre with the upper portion of Mithras killing the bull.
 
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
Fragment of a marble relief (H. 0.16 Br. 0.22 D. 0.03), found at Vețel (Veczel). Cluj, Museum.MMM II 306f No. 188 and fig. 164. See fig. 528.Only the upper part of the arched centre is preserved. In the centre the upper part of Mithras killing the bull. No raven. Behind him the head of a torchbearer. Next to it the upper part of Mithras (riding the bull?). Above this main representation there are other scenes separated from it by a horizontal rim:1) Bust of Sol.2) Mithras sitting on a rocky stone shoots at a rock before which a person kneels holding his hands at his mouth…

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