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Owner of the Facebook group: Roman Cult of Mithras: His Mysteries, Mithraea and Worship. Owner of the blog: Meals with Mithras VERY into the subject.
Owner of the Facebook group: Roman Cult of Mithras: His Mysteries, Mithraea and Worship. Owner of the blog: Meals with Mithras
VERY into the subject.
I think it would be helpful to include visiting information... I’m under the impression that some of the Roman mithraea require prior registration. Getting such info from people who have been would seriously help.
CIMRM 807bis
Vol 2, page 36
Any clue why this "counts" as two different CIMRM numbers?
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1899-1201-3
If this piece could be added, too, please. At the BM: (G69/dc12) Thanks!
British Museum: Gallery 52, display case 5
(G52/dc5)
British Museum: Gallery 70, display case 14
(G70/dc14)
Owner of the Facebook group: Roman Cult of Mithras: His Mysteries, Mithraea and Worship. Owner of the blog: Meals with Mithras
VERY into the subject.
We totally need a picture of this. Who's in the area? ;-)
As of 2022 this piece is currently NOT on display.
Where does the nightingale description come from? TIA
??? Is this an actual mithraeum?
I appreciate this article as it spawned and actual (gasp!) conversation on the facebook group. Mithraists are such a secretive bunch. ;-) There were a few bits I didn't agree with, but in the main, I too feel that when Mithras could no longer command the members it once had, it simply changed its outward appearance and kept going as the Masons. A fresh coat of paint, a change of clothes, and TA DA! Easy peasy.
Interesting that the couch's covering isn't recognizable as the slain bull, though I'm not sure I would blame the artist's lack of skill for the omission. Someone had to be directing the artist, as it's REALLY unlikely that every piece of Mithraic art had a single point of origin that every subsequent artist drew upon. Instead, let's think of the decorative stripes as an elaborate dorsuale. ;-)
I am glad the snake got an invitation to the feast.
Owner of the Facebook group: Roman Cult of Mithras: His Mysteries, Mithraea and Worship. Owner of the blog: Meals with Mithras
VERY into the subject.
