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Monumentum

CIMRM 853

Relief in limestone, the greater fragment (H. about 2.00) was found before the altars Nos 863-4; the four smaller fragments in the centre of the cult-room (1822).
 
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TNMM 1272 ↔ CIMRM 853

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Relief in limestone, the greater fragment (H. about 2.00) was found before the altars Nos 863-4; the four smaller fragments in the centre of the cult-room (1822). Hodgson in Arch. Ael. 1822, 283 and 288ff and fig.; Hist. North., 191 Pl.LIV, 17; Bruce, Lap. Sept., 100 No. 192; MMM II No. 273b and fig. 313. The vaulted relief has the representation of Mithras tauroctone. On de r. side the bull's foreleg; above it Cautes with upraised torch in Eastern attire; cross-legged. He leans with his l.h. on a stick with an arch-shaped handle. In the upper corner the r. part of a crescent (Luna). On the smaller fragments we distinguish: 1) A jumping dog. 2) Part of the bull's head. 3) Foremost part of Mithras' arm with the dagger. 4) Piece of Mithras' cloak with a round fibula.

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