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Monumentum

Mithras-Men from Rome

Relief possibly depicting Mithras-Men holding a torch and a a bust of Luna on a crescent.

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The New Mithraeum

26 Dec 2024

MMM I 364, 78b mentions a relief (H. 0.72 Br. 0.39 D. 0.07) of the Galleria S. Giorgi (Palazzo Borghese), which may represent Mithras-Mên. The god is dressed in Eastern attire and holds in his r.h. a torch. In his l.h. he raises a bust of Luna with a crescent behind her head. Nowadays in the Mus. Naz. Terme (Paribeni, Terme Diocl., 135 No. 269 (56200)). See fig. 151.MMM 78Zoega cite encore (p. 148), les numéros suivants, sur lesquels il ne donne aucun détail, et qui paraissent par conséquent avoir offert peu d’intérêt, mais que je n’ai pu ni retrouver où ils étaient…

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