The New Mithraeum
22 Jan 2021
Updated on Jan 2022
White marble statue (H. 1.55), found in 1913. Mus. Merida, Inv. No. 581.
Standing youth (torchbearer or Mithras himself), dressed in a tunic with splendid vaults, leans against apiece of rock, on which a dolphin with upraised tail is represented. A wide cloak, draped over his l. arm, hangs down at the back. A small remnant proves, that he wore a Phrygian cap. On his feet he wears laced boots. Head, arms and r. calf are lost.
On the base an inscr. :
CIMRM 774Invicto sacrum C. Curius Avitus / Acci(o) Hedychro pa(tre).
Δημήτριος έποίει
Melida in BAH 1914, 449 No. 7 and Pl. IV; Paris in RA (S…
Standing youth (torchbearer or Mithras himself), dressed in a tunic with splendid vaults, leans against apiece of rock, on which a dolphin with upraised tail is represented. A wide cloak, draped over his l. arm, hangs down at the back. A small remnant proves, that he wore a Phrygian cap. On his feet he wears laced boots. Head, arms and r. calf are lost.
On the base an inscr. :
CIMRM 774Invicto sacrum C. Curius Avitus / Acci(o) Hedychro pa(tre).
Δημήτριος έποίει
Melida in BAH 1914, 449 No. 7 and Pl. IV; Paris in RA (S…
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