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Monumentum

Mithras head from Oescus

White marble head in Phrygian cap with a sorrowful expression from Ghighen, ancient Oescus in Moesia Inferior, probably the head of Mithras as bull-slayer.
 
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28 May 2026
Fragment in white marble (H. 0.16), found at Ghighen. Sofia, National Museum.MMM II 490 No. 131 quater and fig. 425; Dobrusky in Sbornik XVI, 1900, 43 No. 9.Head in Phrygian cap with sorrowful expression. Probably the head of Mithras as a bullkiller.

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