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Monumentum

Tauroctony with Sol above from Tomis

Two marble tauroctony fragments from near the station at Constanța, ancient Tomis in Moesia Inferior, depicting the bull-slaying with Sol visible above; lost during the war.
 
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026

TNMM 2517 ↔ CIMRM 2300

Two fragments of a marble relief (H. 0.30 Br. 0.31), found near the station at Constanța. Muzeul Regional al Dobrogei (Inv. No. 184). Lost during the war.

Florescu in An. Dobr., XV, 1934, 126 No. 9 with fig. 12; Parvan, Inceputurile, 75 fig. 47.

Mithras as a bullkiller, above the flying cloak part of the raven. The dog and Cautes (r) with upraised torch in his r.h. He is standing cross-legged. Above him the bust of Luna in crescent.

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