Mithras riding a horse from Neuenheim
TNMM 177 ↔ CIMRM 1289
Relief in red sandstone (H. 0.48 Br. 0.34 D. 0.135), found at Neuenheim int he immediate neighbourhood of the Mithraeum. Heidelberg, Kurpfälzisches Museum, Inv. No. 915.
The arched relief shows Mithras riding a galloping horse to the r. The god is clad in a short tunic and in a flying cloak; he wears a Phrygian cap. In his r.h. he holds a globe. He is accompanied by a serpent and a lion. The background of the relief is formed by cypresses and other trees.
References
Stark, Zwei Mithraen, 4 and 27; Mithrassteine Dorm., 24f and Pl. IV, 2; MMM H 424 No. 310 and fig. 357; Forrer, MH, fig. 82; Lehner, Führer, 58 No. 239a; Ferri, Arte Reno, 85 fig. 25; Behn, M. H. Dieburg, fig. 7; Esp. Rec. Germ., 280f No. 431 and fig.; Leipoldt, XI and fig. 22; Schoppa, Pl. 88. See fig. 338.
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
