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
TNMM 2549 ↔ CIMRM 2344
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.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
