Monumentum
Tauroctony of Alba Iulia with collared dog
This relief of Mithras killing the bull from Apulum, now Alba Iulia, Romania, contains several scenes from the Mithras legend.
The New Mithraeum
23 Oct 2023
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Formerly in the Bathyani Library. Now Alba Julia, Muzeul Regional. Inv. No. 204/II.
Köppen, Nachricht, 10, VII and Pl. I; de Hammer, Mithriaca, 87,8 and Pl. VI; Müller, Mithras, fig. 18; Lajard, Basrel. Trans., 62 f. and Pl. I,2; Intr., XCVI, 2; MMM II 310f No. 192bis and fig. 168; Cserni, 338 fig. 44. See fig. 513.
The relief is divided into three parts by two horizontal rims. In the centre Mithras in
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