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Monumentum

CIMRM 667

A marble head at Florence, Uffizi (MMM I 182 n. 6; Amelung, Fuhrer Florenz, 95 No. 151) with sorrowful expression, is probably a head of Mithras tauroctone (Cumont in RA 1947, 8f with fig. 6; Becatti, Mitrei Ostia, PI. XXXIII, 2).
 
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Attention: This entry may not have been reviewed and could contain incorrect data.A marble head at Florence, Uffizi (MMM I 182 n. 6; Amelung, Fuhrer Florenz, 95 No. 151) with sorrowful expression, is probably a head of Mithras tauroctone (Cumont in RA 1947, 8f with fig. 6; Becatti, Mitrei Ostia, PI. XXXIII, 2). Up till now this head has been interpreted as a "dying Alexander".
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