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Eight small weathered fragments from Cinçsor

Eight small, badly weathered marble fragments from Cinçsor, Dacia, belonging to at least three different reliefs.

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Torchbearer torso from Cinçsor

Marble fragment from Cinçsor, Dacia, preserving the torso of a standing torchbearer in a tunic; head, arms, and legs are lost.

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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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Dedication to Deo Bono Puero Phosphoro from Apulum

Inscription from Apulum, Dacia, dedicated to Deo bono puero Phosphoro — the Good Boy who Brings Light — a Mithraic epithet attested in several inscriptions from Apulum.

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Altar with rose and bull's head from Apulum

Lost limestone altar from Apulum, Dacia, decorated on the sides with a rose and serpent, on the reverse with a bull's head; the front bears a Mithraic inscription.

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Second torchbearer head from Apulum

Sandstone head in Phrygian cap from Apulum, Dacia; probably belonging to a torchbearer.

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Torchbearer head from Apulum

Sandstone head in Phrygian cap from Apulum, Dacia; probably belonging to a torchbearer or Attis.

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Unpublished Mithras relief from Apulum

Small Mithras relief from Apulum, Dacia, mentioned by Buday but not published; a design shows the bust of Sol with one ray pointing towards Mithras.

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Base with Mithras riding the bull from Apulum

Limestone base from Apulum, Dacia, decorated on the front with Mithras riding the bull to the right while holding an upraised torch — the tauriphoros riding type, distinct from the tauroctony.

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Decorated altar with Medusa from Apulum

Limestone altar from Apulum, Dacia, decorated on one side with Medusa, on another with a vase, flowers, a bull's head, and a serpent; the front bears an inscription.

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Tauroctony relief with Cautes from Apulum

Marble relief fragment from Apulum, Dacia, preserving the forepart of the bull with the serpent and dog, and part of Cautes; the upper portion is lost.

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Marble tauroctony from Apulum

White marble tauroctony relief from Apulum, Dacia, depicting Mithras killing the bull in a grotto with dog and serpent; formerly in a private collection in Budapest.

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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 Quintus Caecilius Laetus from Apulum

Slab from Apulum, Dacia, dedicated to Soli invicto by Quintus Caecilius Laetus, legatus Augusti of Legio XIII Gemina.

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Altar of Aelius Gordianus from Apulum

Limestone capital reused as an altar at Apulum, Dacia, its top scraped off, bearing a dedication to Soli Mithrae by Aelius Gordianus.

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Altar of Vallerius from Apulum

Top of a limestone altar from Apulum, Dacia, with a rosette in the pediment and palmettes on the sides, recording a dedication to the Numen invicti by a dedicant whose name may be Vallerius.

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Altar of Caius Iulius Marcianus from Apulum

Limestone altar from Apulum, Dacia, dedicated to Soli invicto Mithrae by Caius Iulius Marcianus, signifer of Legio XIII Gemina.

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Fragmentary votive altar from Apulum

Top of a limestone votive altar from Apulum, Dacia, preserving only the dedication to Invicto deo.

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Altar of Titus Aurelius Marcus from Apulum

Limestone altar from Apulum, Dacia, dedicated to Deo invicto Mithrae as a gift by Titus Aurelius Marcus (tribu Fabia), veteran of Legio XIII Gemina.

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Torso with bull's head from Apulum

Limestone statue torso from the Mithraeum at Apulum, Dacia, found with the preceding piece, depicting a person in Oriental dress carrying a bull's head in his left hand; head, arms, and legs are lost.

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