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Bull and dagger detail from Sarmizegetusa

Small marble fragment from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving small parts of the bull and Mithras's dagger.

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Torchbearer torso with downward torch from Sarmizegetusa

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.

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Bull's head and dagger fragment from Sarmizegetusa

Marble fragment from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the neck and head of the bull together with Mithras's dagger.

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Lower torchbearer from Sarmizegetusa

Left lower corner of a marble relief from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the lower part of a cross-legged torchbearer in a short belted and fringed tunic.

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Cross-legged torchbearer from Sarmizegetusa

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.

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Tauroctony with rock-birth above Cautes from Sarmizegetusa

Upper portion of a vaulted marble tauroctony from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, with the bull-slaying and above Cautes a scene of Mithras's rock-birth; Sol and Luna busts appear in the upper corners.

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Tauroctony with Cautes from Sarmizegetusa

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.

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Bent arm fragment from Sarmizegetusa

Marble fragment from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving part of a bent arm, possibly from a tauroctony scene.

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Mithras head in Phrygian cap from Sarmizegetusa

Small marble relief fragment from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the head of Mithras in Phrygian cap.

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Bull's tail and cloak fragment from Sarmizegetusa

Greyish marble fragment from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the bull's tail and part of Mithras's flying cloak.

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Bull hindquarter and altar fragment from Sarmizegetusa

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.

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Rectangular tauroctony from Sarmizegetusa

Rectangular white marble tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, depicting Mithras killing the bull with dog, serpent, and scorpion.

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Large tauroctony relief from Sarmizegetusa

Three fragments of a large yellowish marble tauroctony from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, depicting the damaged bull-slaying scene; at approximately 0.94 × 1.31 m one of the larger reliefs from the sanctuary.

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Round-framed tauroctony from Sarmizegetusa

Five fragments of a whitish-yellow marble tauroctony from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, with the central bull-slaying framed by a round border and the dagger of Mithras clearly visible.

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Inscription fragment from Sarmizegetusa

Fragmentary inscription from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, partially illegible.

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Bull's muzzle fragments from Sarmizegetusa

Fragments of a bluish marble tauroctony from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, possibly related to the preceding piece, preserving remnants of a bull.

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Mithras torso from Sarmizegetusa

Two greyish marble fragments from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the torso of Mithras in tunic and cloak killing the bull with his right hand.

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Small rectangular tauroctony from Sarmizegetusa

Two fragments of a rectangular white marble relief from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, in the Lugoj collection, depicting Mithras killing the bull with the raven on the flying cloak.

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Tauroctony with Mithras's head from Sarmizegetusa

Three greyish marble tauroctony fragments from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, preserving the head of Mithras and the bull and parts of the subsidiary scenes.

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Weathered tauroctony from Sarmizegetusa

Fragment of a white marble tauroctony from the Mithraeum at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia, in the Lugoj collection; the figures of Mithras and the torchbearers are only partially visible on the weathered surface.

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