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Monumentum

CIMRM 759

White marble relief (H. 0.50 Br. 0.55), find-spot unknown.
CIMRM 759

CIMRM 759
Vermaseren's Corpus

 
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TNMM 1228 ↔ CIMRM 759

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White marble relief (H. 0.50 Br. 0.55), find-spot unknown. Verona, Mus. Lap. Maffei, Mus. Ver., PI. LXXVI, 105; Zoega, Abh., 151 No. 33; Diitschke, IV 192 No. 440; MMM II 265 No. 111 and fig. 105. See fig. 205 by courtesy of the Sopraintendenza of the Museum Verona. Mithras as a bullkiller. The dog with a collar and the serpent holding their heads near the wound; the scorpion on the usual place. The god is looking at the raven, which is perched on his flying cloak. The bull's tails ends in three ears. On either side a standing torchbearer: Cautes (1) and Cautopates (r); cross- legged. In the upper corners the bust of Sol in radiate crown (1) and the bust of Luna (r) with a crescent behind her shoulders. ITALIA 267 UNKNOWN ORIGIN

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