Mithraic monuments of Acbunar

Possible Mithraeum at Acbunar

CIMRM 2288

Archaeological context at Acbunar (Mircea Vodă) near Troesmis, Moesia Inferior, where twelve marble pieces, pottery, lamps, and a coin were found 30 metres from a Roman building, suggesting the presence of a Mithraeum.
Tauroctony with buffalo-like bull from Acbunar

CIMRM 2289

Yellowish marble tauroctony relief from Acbunar, Moesia Inferior, depicting Mithras killing a bull described as unusually buffalo-like; the god looks back at the raven on the grotto's border.
Tauroctony with torchbearers from Acbunar

CIMRM 2290

Four white marble tauroctony fragments from Acbunar, Moesia Inferior, depicting the standard bull-slaying with cross-legged torchbearers.
Three-register tauroctony from Acbunar

CIMRM 2291

Two fragments of a yellowish marble tauroctony from Acbunar, Moesia Inferior, divided into three registers by two horizontal rims; the upper registers carry subsidiary Mithraic scenes.
Tauroctony upper panel from Acbunar

CIMRM 2292

Upper portion of a yellowish marble tauroctony in two fragments from Acbunar, Moesia Inferior, preserving the divine busts of Sol and Luna in the upper register.
Sol's biga fragment from Acbunar

CIMRM 2293

Marble relief fragment from Acbunar, Moesia Inferior, preserving the foremost part of two horses — probably from a scene of Sol's biga — with remnants of an inscription below.
January dedication from Acbunar

CIMRM 2294

Fragmentary inscription from Acbunar, Moesia Inferior, recording a votive fulfilment on the Kalends or Ides of January — one of the few Mithraic inscriptions with a calendar date.

Mithraic monuments of Acbunar

Possible Mithraeum at Acbunar

Tauroctony with buffalo-like bull from Acbunar

Tauroctony with torchbearers from Acbunar

Three-register tauroctony from Acbunar

Tauroctony upper panel from Acbunar

Sol's biga fragment from Acbunar

January dedication from Acbunar