Monumentum
Mithraeum of Memphis (Kom Dafbaby)
At about a mile's distance from the village of Mit-Rahine near Memphis a Mithraeum has been discovered, which itself has not yet been described.
CIMRM 91
Vermaseren's Corpus
Detail of the Tauroctony of Hermopolis
Michael Fuller
Tauroctony of Hermopolis
Michael Fuller
Aion of Memphis
CIMRM
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2007
Updated on Jan 2022
At about a mile's distance from the village of Mit-Rahine near Memphis a Mithraeum has been discovered, which itself has not yet been described. The finds have been transported to the Museum of Cairo.
Virey, Gizeh, 95 No. 296 and 296bis; MMM II 407 and 520ff No. 285 with fig.; Wiedemann in Wiener Zeitschr.f. die Kunde des Morgenlandes XXXI, 1924, 310f; Maspero, Guide Caire, 219 No. 990; J. Strzygowsky, Catalogue general du Musee de Caire4, s.d., 9ff with fig. (see fig. 34).
Virey, Gizeh, 95 No. 296 and 296bis; MMM II 407 and 520ff No. 285 with fig.; Wiedemann in Wiener Zeitschr.f. die Kunde des Morgenlandes XXXI, 1924, 310f; Maspero, Guide Caire, 219 No. 990; J. Strzygowsky, Catalogue general du Musee de Caire4, s.d., 9ff with fig. (see fig. 34).
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