The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
Marble relief (H. 0.57 Br. 0.73 D. 0.08). See fig. 416.Vučić-Plaček, 249ff and fig. 4; Abramić, Führer, 99f No. 126 and fig. 53.Mithras as a bullkiller in the usual dress and attitude. The raven on the grotto's border. The dog near the wound; the scorpion in the usual place. On either side a torchbearer. Cautopates (l) cross-legged with torch downwards. Cautes (r) not cross-legged with torch upwards. In the upper corners Sol (l) with radiate crown and Luna (r) with crescent, both in busts. In the bottom border an inscription:
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