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Mithraeum at Tirgușor

Small Mithraic sanctuary discovered in 1958 in the grotto called Adam near Tirgușor, Moesia Inferior, about 30 km from Constanța; the monuments are remarkable for their Greek inscriptions.

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Tauroctony upper portion from Tomis

Three white marble tauroctony fragments from Constanța, ancient Tomis in Moesia Inferior, preserving the upper part of Mithras as bull-slayer with flanking divine busts.

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Tetrarchic dedication from Tomis

Inscription from Constanța, ancient Tomis in Moesia Inferior, recording a dedication to Deo Soli for the welfare and victory of Emperors Diocletian and Maximianus invicti Augusti; a significant tetrarchic dedication from this region.

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Tauroctony with Sol above from Tomis

Two marble tauroctony fragments from near the station at Constanța, ancient Tomis in Moesia Inferior, depicting the bull-slaying with Sol visible above; lost during the war.

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Inscription votum pusuit from Tomis

Fragmentary inscription from Tomis, Moesia Inferior, preserving only the garbled closing formula votum pusuit (for posuit).

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Tauroctony with Cautes and pedum from Tomis

Marble tauroctony fragment from Constanța, ancient Tomis in Moesia Inferior, depicting the bull-slaying with dog, serpent, and scorpion; Cautes holds both an upraised torch and a pedum.

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Trapezium tauroctony from Tomis

White marble trapezium-shaped tauroctony relief probably from Constanța, ancient Tomis in Moesia Inferior, divided into three horizontal registers with the central tauroctony and subsidiary scenes.

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Stele from Histria

Marble stele from Histria, Moesia Inferior, found reused in a late wall in the southern quarter of the city, bearing a Mithraic dedication or scene.

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Serpent fragment from Kirk-Bunar

Marble tauroctony relief fragment from Kirk-Bunar near the monastery of St. Petka, Moesia Inferior, preserving part of the creeping serpent as proof of a bull-slaying composition.

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January dedication from Acbunar

Fragmentary inscription from Acbunar, Moesia Inferior, recording a votive fulfilment on the Kalends or Ides of January — one of the few Mithraic inscriptions with a calendar date.

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Sol's biga fragment from Acbunar

Marble relief fragment from Acbunar, Moesia Inferior, preserving the foremost part of two horses — probably from a scene of Sol's biga — with remnants of an inscription below.

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Tauroctony upper panel from Acbunar

Upper portion of a yellowish marble tauroctony in two fragments from Acbunar, Moesia Inferior, preserving the divine busts of Sol and Luna in the upper register.

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Three-register tauroctony from Acbunar

Two fragments of a yellowish marble tauroctony from Acbunar, Moesia Inferior, divided into three registers by two horizontal rims; the upper registers carry subsidiary Mithraic scenes.

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Tauroctony with torchbearers from Acbunar

Four white marble tauroctony fragments from Acbunar, Moesia Inferior, depicting the standard bull-slaying with cross-legged torchbearers.

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Tauroctony with buffalo-like bull from Acbunar

Yellowish marble tauroctony relief from Acbunar, Moesia Inferior, depicting Mithras killing a bull described as unusually buffalo-like; the god looks back at the raven on the grotto's border.

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Possible Mithraeum at Acbunar

Archaeological context at Acbunar (Mircea Vodă) near Troesmis, Moesia Inferior, where twelve marble pieces, pottery, lamps, and a coin were found 30 metres from a Roman building, suggesting the presence of a Mithraeum.

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Altar of Lucius Valerius Fuscus from Troesmis territory

Limestone altar from the Territorium Troesmense, Moesia Inferior, dedicated to Invicto Mithrae sacrum by Lucius Valerius Fuscus, centurion of a legion.

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Rough tauroctony from Troesmis

Rough limestone tauroctony relief probably from Troesmis, Moesia Inferior, depicting the standard bull-slaying with the greater part of the bull's head lost.

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Tauroctony corner from Troesmis

Right upper corner of a tauroctony relief from Troesmis, Moesia Inferior, now in Paris, preserving part of the bull-slaying scene.

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Inscription to Soli Zo- from Troesmis

Fragmentary inscription from Troesmis, Moesia Inferior, dedicating to Soli and a deity or epithet beginning Zo-.

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