Monumentum
Lion from Les Bolards
A limestone lion holding a flowing urn, discovered at the entrance of the Mithraeum of Les Bolards, reflects the ritual significance of water within the cult of Mithras.
Lion of Les Bolards
The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA)
Lion of Les Bolards
The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA)
CIMRM 921
Vermaseren's Corpus
The New Mithraeum
31 Dec 2021
Updated on Feb 2026
Statue (Br. 0.55 base), which was erected near the entrance.
Gallia 308; 318 No. 40 and fig. 9. See fig. 232.
Statue of a lying lion. Between his forelegs a turned urn, from which water
abundantly flows.This statuette of local oolitic limestone, unique in its genre, which represents a lion lying down and holding a flowing urn between its front paws, was discovered near the entrance of the spelaeum of the Mithraeum at Les Bolards, close to statues of Cautes and Cautopates, the two torchbearers (dadophori). If the water streaming from the spring generated by Mithras is a highly symbolic element…
Gallia 308; 318 No. 40 and fig. 9. See fig. 232.
Statue of a lying lion. Between his forelegs a turned urn, from which water
abundantly flows.This statuette of local oolitic limestone, unique in its genre, which represents a lion lying down and holding a flowing urn between its front paws, was discovered near the entrance of the spelaeum of the Mithraeum at Les Bolards, close to statues of Cautes and Cautopates, the two torchbearers (dadophori). If the water streaming from the spring generated by Mithras is a highly symbolic element…
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