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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.
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.