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Monumentum

Head in Phrygian cap from Thasos

Marble head from the south-west walls of Thasos, Macedonia, found in 1920, with long curly hair, Phrygian cap, and a pathetic expression; possibly Mithras or Attis.
 
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
Marble head (H. 0.40), found on the south-west side of the walls of Thasos in 1920.Picard in BCH 1921, 136f and fig. 20; MM 230.Head in long curled hair and in Phrygian cap. Pathetic expression. Picard is of the opinion that the head is Mithraic, but it may as well be a head of Attis.

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