The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
Five fragments of a relief in whitish-yellow marble (H. 0.115 Br. 0.147 D. 0.15).Studniczka, 207 n. 3; Kiraly, 30 No. 92 and Pl. X, 2; MMM II 285 No. 143 and fig. 133; LeRoy Campbell in Berytus XI, 1954, 46 No. 86. See fig. 559.Inside a border the damaged representation of Mithras as a bullkiller. Only his head and r. leg are preserved. The dog and the serpent hold their heads near the wound; no scorpion. Cautopates (l) is cross-legged and holds the torch downwards with his r.h.; his l. arm is lost. The head of Cautes (r) and above it the bust of Luna in a crescent.
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