The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
Limestone relief, worked on both sides. Found near Meclo in Val di Non in 1895. Now in the Museo Nazionale, Trento.Obverse: a raven. Above it an altar, with a person standing on either side of whom only the legs have been preserved.Reverse: two scenes above each other. 1) A dressed person lifts a rock with his right hand in order to strike a kneeling person in Phrygian cap (Sol and Mithras?). 2) Mithras as a taurophorus to the left.
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