Monumentum
CIMRM 529
White marble relief (H. 0.50 Br. about 0.60), walled in the back-wall of the Casino of the Villa Giustiniani (nowadays Massimi-P. Lancelotti).
The New Mithraeum
Attention: This entry may not have been reviewed and could contain incorrect data.White marble relief (H. 0.50 Br. about 0.60), walled in the back-wall of the Casino of the Villa Giustiniani (nowadays Massimi-P. Lancelotti). Welcker in Zoega, Abh., 394; Matz-v. Duhn, III No. 3760, who confuses it with the following No.; MMM II 218 No. 45. In a cave Mithras, slaying the bull, whose tail ends in a number of ears. The torchbearers, the dog, the serpent and the scorpion on the usual places; the raven is perched on Mithras' flying cloak. In the upper corners the busts of Sol in radiate crown and of Luna in crescent…
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