From my diary
I did a little more on the Mithras pages. I was able to identify one of the images that I found online and create a CIMRM page for it. The section in CIMRM on material from Alba Iulia is not very easy to work with, and I was reduced to looking through the limited number of illustrations in the same volume, just to find out which relief I was looking at. There must have been several Mithraea at Alba Iulia, judging from the number of reliefs of Mithras killing the bull; yet none are mentioned in the CIMRM. One was discovered in 2010. There must have been others.
Still, it is impossible for a single amateur like myself to do more than scratch the surface of Mithraic archaeology. I console myself by thinking that what I do is at least useful, as far as it goes.
Don’t be discouraged. You’re going to have the best Mithras resource on the web.
I agree – please rest assured that what you do is very much appreciated, your Mithras site is already an absolute joy to browse through
Thank you both for the encouragement. It’s fine, like walking along a precipice, so long as one doesn’t look down at the distance. It’s actually quite fun to look for images online, and then try and locate the monument in the CIMRM.