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Monumentum

CIMRM 595

Bronze statuette of Mithras in his characteristic bull-slaying pose, though only the god has been preserved.
Bronze of Mithras as a bull-killer.

Bronze of Mithras as a bull-killer.
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The New Mithraeum
3 Jan 2025
Updated on Jan 2025

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Bronze statuette (H. 0.12). The exact find-spot is unkown, but the catalogue of the British Museum (Inv. No. 1017) mentions "Castellani 1873" which might imply a Roman origin. Another note in manuscript however, says "probably not Castellani" ! Walters, Cat. Bronzes, 184 No. 1017; MM, 230. See fig. 169, by courtesy ofthe Br. Museum Direction. A group of Mithras, slaying the bull. His hands and a part of the flying cloak have got lost as well as the bull. The god is in Eastern attire.
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