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Mithras hunting from Dura Europos

In this fresco from Dura Europos, Mithras is represented as a hunter accompanied by the lion and the serpent.
  • Detail of fresco Mithras Hunting from Dura Europos

    Detail of fresco Mithras Hunting from Dura Europos 

  • Detail of fresco Mithras Hunting from Dura Europos

    Detail of fresco Mithras Hunting from Dura Europos 

  • Fresque du Mithraeum de Dura Europos. La chasse de Mithra à cheval.

    Fresque du Mithraeum de Dura Europos. La chasse de Mithra à cheval. 

 
The New Mithraeum
26 May 2021
Updated on Sep 2023

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On the side-walls of the niche there is on either side a representation of Mithras as a hunter.

Cumont in CRAI, 1934, 102f; Rostovtzeff in RM, 190ff and Pl. 13; ILN 1934, fig. 7; AJA 1935, Pl. Vb; GBA 1935, fig. I; Syria 1935,314 with fig.; C. Hopkins, Aspects at Parthian Art in the Light of Discoveries from D-E, in Berytus III, 1936, 1ff and Pl. VIII; Report, 112ff and Pls. XIV, XV. See fig. 24 with courtesy of Yale University Art gallery.

The picture on the left wall is excellently preserved. Mithras is represented on horseback galloping to the right and shooting arrows. In the

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