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Monumentum

Primitive tauroctony relief from Micia

Primitive marble tauroctony relief from the Museum at Cluj, Dacia, attributed to Micia but with uncertain provenance; a rough representation of Mithras killing the bull without Phrygian cap.
 
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28 May 2026

TNMM 2430 ↔ CIMRM 2024

According to AJA XXI, 1917, 220f and AA 1925, 298. A. Buday in Dolgozatok az Erdélyi Nemzeti Muzeum 1916, 27ff published a series of reliefs in the Museum at Cluj. There is a primitive representation of Mithras as a bullkiller, but it is uncertain which relief is meant.

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