Monumentum
Marble statue of naked Venus wringing her hair, Caracalla Mithraeum, Rome
Marble statue of Venus entirely naked in the act of leaving her bath, wringing her hair which streams over her shoulders, with a dolphin by her side, found in the small room of the Caracalla Mithraeum; the head is lost.
The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
TNMM 1024 ↔ CIMRM 460
Ghislanzoni, 324f and fig. 12; Ripostelli, 78; Parpaglio, 58 and fig. XII; Anderson, 21961; Alinari, 30162. Mus. Naz. Terme.
In the small room, a marble statue of Venus was found. The goddess is represented entirely naked in the act of leaving her bath. With both hands she wrings her hair, which streams over her shoulders. By her side a dolphin. Head lost.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
