The New Mithraeum
24 Aug 2021
Updated on May 2026
White marble slab the left side of which is broken off (H. 0.44 Br. 0.32 D. 0.06- 0.09), found at Patras in 1911. Patras, Gymnasium.
The damaged relief shows Mithras as a bullkiller. The r. arm and the r. leg are lost. The dog, the snake and the scorpion. Before the bull a standing Cautes with upraised torch in his r.h. The bust of Luna in the r. upper corner. Above the bull’s head a standing person who leans on a sceptre (Jupiter?). On the left of Mithras’ head a kind of triangle.
In the lower border an inscription:CIMRM 2352Ann. ep. 1912 No. 282.
L.H. 0.0125.
Soli invic/to milites/ ..... uist/ ...…
The damaged relief shows Mithras as a bullkiller. The r. arm and the r. leg are lost. The dog, the snake and the scorpion. Before the bull a standing Cautes with upraised torch in his r.h. The bust of Luna in the r. upper corner. Above the bull’s head a standing person who leans on a sceptre (Jupiter?). On the left of Mithras’ head a kind of triangle.
In the lower border an inscription:CIMRM 2352Ann. ep. 1912 No. 282.
L.H. 0.0125.
Soli invic/to milites/ ..... uist/ ...…
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