The New Mithraeum
29 May 2026
Marble relief (H. 0.40 Br. 0.345 D. 0.03). Find-spot unknown (from Apulum?). Cluj, Museum, Inv. No. 2587. Formerly in the Coll. Kamény.Neigebaur, Dac., 208; Lajard, Cyprès, Pl. XV; MMM II 314 No. 196 and fig. 172. See fig. 605.Mithras tauroktonus. Raven, serpent, scorpion, dog. Above Mithras' head a lion's head. Cautopates (l) holds a finger of his l.h. at his mouth; the foremost part of the l. arm of Cautes (r) is not represented. Above their heads the upper parts of a cypress. The busts of Luna (l) and of Sol (r). In the bottom border an inscription (L.H. 0.018) the greater part of which has been erased.
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