The New Mithraeum Database

Fragmentary inscription from Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, recording a dedication by a freedman for the welfare of Marcus Lucceius Felix, procurator Augusti.

Marble tauroctony relief from Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, found at Zám and subsequently in various private collections; depicting the standard bull-slaying.

Fragment of a limestone column from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, with a partially preserved inscription recording a dedication by multiple members of the Syrian community.

White marble trapezium-shaped tauroctony from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, in the Lugoj collection, depicting Mithras killing the bull with dog and serpent; the lower portion of the composition is lost.

White marble tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, now in the Lugoj collection; the right lower corner is broken off and the scene depicts the standard bull-slaying.

Bluish marble fragment from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the right upper corner with the head of Cautes and his upraised torch, above which the bust of Luna.

Marble hand and wrist fragments from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, all preserving remnants of torches, belonging to the torchbearer statues of the sanctuary.

White marble relief fragment from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, probably belonging to the preceding piece, depicting a man walking to the right stretching his hand towards a rock.

Fragment of a white marble relief from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving in the upper portion several Mithraic scenes including a standing figure, a burning altar, and part of a reclining figure.

Three white limestone fragments from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the hind leg of a lion in a vertical position and a serpent apparently moving towards a rock — possibly a rock-birth scene.

Fragment of a white limestone relief from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the bust of Sol and a figure in Phrygian cap raising a right hand.

Fragment of a white limestone relief from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the dressed bust of Sol and beside him a sitting Mithras visible to the knees, with an arch above.

Fragment of a bluish marble tauroctony from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the left upper corner with the bust of Sol and beside it the upper part of a person in Phrygian cap — probably Mithras as an archer.

Marble fragment from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the hindmost part of the dog.

Fragment of a marble relief from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the bust of a person in a tunic with a right arm and hand holding a torch pointed downward.

Fragment of a large marble relief from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving a standing cross-legged torchbearer; head, arms, and legs below the knees are lost.

Foremost part of a white marble tauroctony from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, showing the badly weathered bull-slaying with cross-legged Cautes raising the torch with both hands.

Fragment of a white marble tauroctony from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the hindmost part of the bull to the left and the fragment of a small altar behind it.

Yellowish marble tauroctony in two fragments from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, executed in a primitive style with the bull represented obliquely.

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