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Mithras rock-birth of Trier

Temple-front relief from Trier showing Mithras’ rock birth within the zodiac, surrounded by the four Winds and associated divine and animal figures.
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The New Mithraeum
14 Aug 2021
Updated on Aug 2026
On the relief the front of a temple is represented: two columns with capitals, supporting a tympanum. Between the columns a representation of Mithras’ rockbirth. In his l.h. the youthful, naked god carries a globe and with his upraised r.h. he supports a circle, on which six signs of the Zodiac. From l. to r.: Aries-Taurus-Gemini-Cancer-Leo-Virgo.
In the four corners, which are left open by the circle, are the busts of the four Winds: Zephyrus (r. upper corner) and Eurus (l. lower corner); Notus (l. upper corner) and Boreas (r. lower corner). On the rock a raven, serpent and sitting dog…

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