Monumentum
Mithras head from Oescus
White marble head in Phrygian cap with a sorrowful expression from Ghighen, ancient Oescus in Moesia Inferior, probably the head of Mithras as bull-slayer.
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
TNMM 2482 ↔ CIMRM 2248
Fragment in white marble (H. 0.16), found at Ghighen. Sofia, National Museum.
MMM II 490 No. 131 quater and fig. 425; Dobrusky in Sbornik XVI, 1900, 43 No. 9.
Head in Phrygian cap with sorrowful expression. Probably the head of Mithras as a bullkiller.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
