Monumentum
Tauroctony fragment from Ulmetum
Marble tauroctony relief fragment from the Byzantine camp at Pontelimonul de sus, ancient Ulmetum in Moesia Inferior, found reused in the masonry; the subject is partly identifiable.
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
Fragment of a marble relief (H. 0.073–0.098 Br. 0.072–0.06 D. 0.026), found near the stairs of the first bastion north-east of the Byzantine camp at Pontelimonul de sus where much Roman material is used.Parvan in AAcRom (S. II) XXXVI, 1913, 330 No. 2 and Pl. I, 1; AA 1915, 239 No. 6.The hindmost part of a representation of Mithras as a bullkiller. The r. leg of the god standing on the hindleg of the bull, the tail of the serpent; cross-legged Cautopates (l) up to the hips.In the bottom border an inscription:
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