A dagger, a short sword without a guard, placed in a terracotta box built into the axis of the corridor to the south of the sanctuary, may have served the priest who was re-enacting the sacrifice of the bull.
O. de Peretti, Un sanctuaire dédié à Mithra dans la colonie romaine de Mariana (Lucciana, Haute-Corse), in " Le mystère Mithra. Plongée au cœur d'un culte romain", catalogue d'exposition