Mithraic monuments of Romula

Mithras rock-born of Dobrosloveni

CIMRM 2170

This sculpture from Dobrosloveni, Romania, depicts the petrogenesis of Mithras, with a hole through the generative rock from which water flowed.
Tauroctony from Reșca

CIMRM 2164

Tauroctony relief fragment with torchbearer and scene of Mithras’ rockbirth from Romula, Romania.
Tauroctony relief from Romula

CIMRM 2171

Yellow marble tauroctony relief from Romula, Dacia, found in 1912, depicting the standard bull-slaying with Sol and Luna in the upper corners.
Second tauroctony relief from Romula

CIMRM 2172

White marble tauroctony relief fragment from Romula, Dacia, now in Turnu Severin; the composition is partially preserved.
Inscription of Phoebus for Deo Soli from Romula

CIMRM 2173

Inscription from Romula, Dacia, dedicated to Deo Soli invicto by A. Phoebus, a freedman, ex voto.
Altar fragment from Romula

CIMRM 2174

Marble altar fragment from Romula, Dacia, with only the letters DE carved out, tentatively supplemented as De[o Soli invicto]; the attribution is questionable.
Two-bull fragment from Romula

CIMRM 2175

Marble relief fragment from Romula, Dacia, showing traces of two bulls; the Mithraic attribution is uncertain.
Sol in quadriga from Romula

CIMRM 2176

Fragment of the right part of a marble relief from Romula, Dacia, depicting Sol standing in a four-horse chariot.
Altar of Aurelius Rufus from Romula

CIMRM 2177

Sandstone altar from Romula, Dacia, dedicated to Deo invicto Mithrae by Aurelius Rufus ex voto, with the busts of Sol and Luna flanking the text.

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Mithraic monuments of Romula

Mithras rock-born of Dobrosloveni

Tauroctony from Reșca

Tauroctony relief from Romula

Second tauroctony relief from Romula

Inscription of Phoebus for Deo Soli from Romula

Altar fragment from Romula

Two-bull fragment from Romula

Sol in quadriga from Romula

Altar of Aurelius Rufus from Romula