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Altar with partial inscription from Decea Mureșului

Inscription from Decea Mureșului, ancient Bruckla in Dacia, dedicated to Invicto Mithrae; the dedicant's name is only partially preserved.

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Rock-birth altar from Decea Mureșului

White sandstone altar from Decea Mureșului near Aiud, ancient Bruckla in Dacia, depicting on its front the naked Mithras being born from the rock, holding a torch in his right hand and a dagger in his left, with a coiled serpent below.

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Rock-birth statue from Mureș Port

Dark sandstone statue from Mureș Port, Dacia, depicting Mithras's rock-birth with the rock encircled by a serpent; the statue's attribution to Mureș Port rather than Apulum is uncertain.

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Altar with Sol pediment from Mureș Port

Limestone altar from Partoș or Mureș Port, Dacia, found in 1852, with a triangular pediment containing the head of Sol in a twelve-rayed crown and nimbus, flanked by a patera on the right and a jug on the left.

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Altar of an Augustalis from Mureș Port

Limestone altar from Mureș Port near Apulum, Dacia, dedicated to Invicto Mithrae; the dedicant is identified only as Augustalis (coloniae?).

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Altar of Surus from Decea Mureșului

Limestone votive altar from Decea Mureșului, ancient Bruckla in Dacia, dedicated to Invicto Mithrae by Surus.

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Altar of Iulius Quintus from Decea Mureșului

Limestone base from Decea Mureșului, ancient Bruckla in Dacia, dedicated to Invicto Mithrae by Iulius Quintus, centurio.

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White marble tauroctony from Vintu de Jos

White marble tauroctony relief found in the river Mureș at Vintu de Jos near Apulum, Dacia, around 1859, depicting the bull-slaying with the full iconographic programme.

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Altar of Lucanus to Deo invicto omnipotenti from Mureș Port

Inscription from Mureș Port, Dacia, dedicated to Deo invicto omnipotenti Mithrae by Lucanus, who fulfilled his vow.

Locus

Micia (Vețel)

Micia flourished as a military settlement and religious centre in the Mureș valley of Dacia.

Monumentum

Tauroctony relief from Oarda de Sus

Small relief found in 1956 at Oarda de Sus near Alba Julia, Dacia, framed by a border; the upper part depicts the dressed bust of Mithras in Phrygian cap, the lower portion the bull-slaying scene.

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Small marble tauroctony from Vintu de Jos

Marble tauroctony relief from Vintu de Jos near Apulum, Dacia, depicting the standard bull-slaying scene.

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Base with Bacchic vine from Apulum

Limestone base from near the Kutyamál vineyard south of the fortress at Apulum, Dacia, decorated with Bacchic vine scrolls and grapes at the top.

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Altar of a legionary legate from Apulum

Slab from near the Cathedral at Alba Julia, Apulum in Dacia, found in 1725, dedicated to Deo invicto Mithrae by a legionary legate.

Locus

Maros Porto (Sighișoara)

Sighișoara is a municipality on the Târnava Mare River in Mureș County, central Romania.

Monumentum

Altar of Chrestion from Alba Iulia

In 1852, Károly Pap, a naval captain, unearthed several Mithraic monuments in his garden at Marospartos, including this altar.

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Altar of Dioscorus from Alba Iulia

In 1852, Károly Pap, a naval captain, unearthed several Mithraic monuments in his garden at Marospartos, including this altar.

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Tauroctony from Aurelios Stephanos from Sibiu

This relief of Mithras killing the bull is unique in the Apulum Mithraic repertoire because of its inscription in Greek.

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Tauroctony relief of Alba Iulia

The relief of Mithra slaying the bull from Apulum, Romania, has been missing until the scholar Csaba Szabó identified it in the diposit of the Arad Museum.

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