Monumentum
CIMRM 617
Relief (H. 0.73 Br. 0.96) of bluish marble.
The New Mithraeum
TNMM 1125 ↔ CIMRM 617
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Relief (H. 0.73 Br. 0.96) of bluish marble. Once in the Villa Ludovisi. Zoega, Abh., 149 No. 23; Platner, Beschr. Roms, II (2), 589; Hammer, Mi- thriaca, 98; Schreiber, Ludovisi, 177f No. 166; MMM II 216f No. 42. Mithras as a bullkiller. At his r.side the sheath of his dagger. The bull's tail ends in' ears. The dog, serpent and scorpion 011 the usual places. The raven is perched on Mithras' cloak and holds a "heart-shaped" fruit in its beck (Schreiber). In the upper comers the dressed busts of Sol (1) in radiate crown and of Luna (r) in crescent.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
