Monumentum
Embroidered Mithraic procession from Athens
Two embroidered pieces from an Egyptian grave, dated to the early centuries AD, now in the Benaki Museum in Athens, depicting a Mithraic procession with figures on horseback and attendants.
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
TNMM 2555 ↔ CIMRM 2373
Ἄννα ᾿Αποστολακη, Μιθραϊκή πομπη in Ephemeris Arch. 1950–1951, 118ff with Pls publishes two embroidered pieces from an Egyptian grave and dated in the first centuries A.D. (Athens, Museum Benaki, Inv. No. 7001). On the larger piece are represented:
1) Person probably holding a bow.
2) Person riding horse. He has a quiver over his r. shoulder (king?).
3) Person with symbol of the sun (priest).
Mrs. Apostolake interprets the scene as the feast of Mihrgan in the Sassanidian period.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
