The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
The l. part of a relief in limestone (H. 1.00 Br. 0.74–0.87 D. 0.11) from Mintia (Maros Németi = Vețel). Cluj, Museum.MMM II No. 187 and fig. 163. See fig. 527.In the centre of the relief Mithras kills the bull, which wears a belt and whose tail ends in three corn-ears. The hindmost part of the scene is preserved; the scorpion, part of the serpent and the raven on the grotto's border. Cautopates (l) in Oriental dress and cross-legged; in each hand he holds a burning torch downwards. Beside him are two scenes:1) Mithras riding the bull.2) Mithras taurophorus.In the arched border:3) The dressed bust of Sol…
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