Notes On the Mithraic Relief from Ozd (Magyarózd, Mureș County, Romania)
Notes On the Mithraic Relief from Ozd (Magyarózd, Mureș County, Romania)
Author(s): Csaba SZABÓ, Szilamér-Péter PánczelSubject(s): History, Archaeology, History of ideas, Local History / Microhistory, Ancient World, Theology and Religion
Published by: Editura Mega Print SRL
Keywords: Mithras; relief; Roman; Dacia; rural religion
Summary/Abstract: The Mithraic relief from Ozd (Magyarózd, Mureș County, RO) was first published in the 1960s by A. Zrínyi, almost a decade after the publication of Vermaseren’s paradigmatic Mithraic catalogue. Moving beyond the previously brief, catalogue-style summaries, the present study offers a detailed analysis of the iconographic features of the fragmentary relief, explores the diversity of Mithraic iconography and local expressions of religious glocalisation, and provides an in-depth examination of the topographical and social significance of the findspot, with particular attention to the characteristics of Mithras’ rural cult in nearby military settlements.
Journal: Marisia. Archaeologia, Historia, Patrimonium
- Issue Year: 2025
- Issue No: 7
- Page Range: 49-62
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English
