The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
Eleven fragments of a white marble relief (H. 0.22–0.36 Br. 0.30 D. 0.01–0.02).Studniczka, No. 33 and Pl. VIII, 2; Kiraly, 52f No. 132 and Pl. XVII, 2; MMM II 296f No. 169 and fig. 152. See fig. 533.The relief is divided into three parts by horizontal rims. In the centre Mithras as a bullkiller. The god's head, the flying cloak and the breast are lost; of the bull only the head and the hindmost part of the body are preserved. Cautopates (l) is cross-legged and holds the torch downwards with his r.h. The head and the breast are lost. Beside him an indistinct object probably the trunk of a tree…
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