The New Mithraeum Database

Bluish marble tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, depicting Mithras killing the bull with the dog, scorpion, and subsidiary scenes.

Inscription from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, dedicated ex voto by Cassius Maximus, augur of the Colonia Sarmizegetusa, and Marcus Ulpius Gaius.

Two sandstone tauroctony relief fragments from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the lower right portion of the bull-slaying scene.

Fragmentary inscription from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving only the name Terentianus.

Fragmentary inscription from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving only the end of a name (-nus) and the abbreviated votive formula.

Fragment of a bluish marble tauroctony from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the right lower corner with the bull's knee, the dog, and the lower part of Cautes.

Fragment of a bluish marble tauroctony from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the lower part of Cautopates with crossed legs, downward torch, and embroidered girdle.

Fragments of a yellowish marble open-work tauroctony from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia.

Fragment of a yellowish marble tauroctony from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the left lower corner with the bull's hind hoof, the crossed legs of Cautopates, and the flame of his downward torch.

Four fragments of a bluish marble tauroctony from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, with the central bull-slaying partially preserved including the Sol bust and a figure in Phrygian cap.

Fragment of greyish marble from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving a bull in a small boat — a rare iconographic detail in Mithraic art.

Fragment of bluish marble from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the dressed bust of Sol with a diadem and holes for five rays; traces of red colour are preserved.

Trapezium-shaped white marble tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, with the standard bull-slaying scene in two fragments.

Yellowish marble tauroctony fragment from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the dog without a tail and part of Cautopates.

Fragment of a bluish marble tauroctony from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the left lower corner with the bull's hindmost part, the scorpion, and part of the Cautopates area.

Fragmentary inscription from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, recording a dedication by a member of the colonia, with only the closing formula preserved.

Ten fragments of a greyish marble tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, divided into three horizontal registers.

Fragmentary inscription from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, dedicated to Soli invicto Mithrae; only the opening formula and closing ex voto are preserved.

Eight fragments of a large white marble open-work tauroctony from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, with the central bull-slaying carved in openwork within a framing border.

Fragmentary inscription from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving only the name Gaius and a votive formula.