Monumentum
Consecration for Mars Meder
The relief of naked Roman soldier, wearing a mantle and a Phrygian cap, has been related to the Mithras' cult.
PublishedMithraeum.eu
23 Dec 2020
Updated on 28 Jan 2022
Lupa 24092 (wikimedia. File: Musée archéol. Strasbourg-Mars Mider
Ji-Elle
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Mythical figure: standing god (Mithras ?) with mantle around his shoulders and Phrygian cap (helmet ?), lance in his left hand, his right hand over the head of a bull standing behind him. Discovered before 1837 and rediscovered in 1911 at the Marienthal monastery.
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- Location
Germania superior (Gallia) Haguenau (France) - Current location
Musée archéologique de Strasbourg [88] Strasbourg (France) - Type
- Labels
- Dimensions H. 62 W. 32 D. 9 cm
- Discovery date 1911
- Material Sandstone
- Canonical URI
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