Monumentum
Tauroctony upper corner from Drubeta
Left upper corner of a white marble tauroctony relief from the Roman camp at Drubeta, Dacia, found in 1896–99, preserving the grotto border and, outside it, Sol in his quadriga with cracking whip.
Tauroctony upper corner from DrubetaCIMRM
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
L. upper corner of a white marble relief with a blue border (H. 0.26 Br. 0.175 D. 0.02). Found in the Roman Camp at Drubeta between 1896–1899. Bucarest, National Museum.Tudor in Serta Kazaroviana 1950, 159f No. 1 and fig. 1. See fig. 587.The fragment shows that the scene of Mithras as a bullkiller was represented between two Corinthian columns. From this scene only part of an arched border decorated with leaves is preserved. Above it the dressed bust of Sol. Next to the column a small scene of Mithras riding the bull. In the upper border is a person in Oriental dress who is standing behind Mithras…
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