Monumentum
Aion relief of Mitreo Fagan
This white marble relief depicting a lion-headed figure from Ostia is now exposed at the Musei Vaticani.
Lion-headed mithraic god relief from Mitreo Fagan
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The New Mithraeum
27 Jan 2022
Updated on Jul 2024
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C(aius) Valerius Herades pat[e]r e[t] an[tis]/tes dei iu[b]enis inconrupti So[l]is invicti Mithra[e / c]ryptam palati concessa[m] sibi a M(arco) Aurelio / ---
De Rossi supplies: Commodo Antonino Aug(usto).
CIL XIV 66; MMM II No. 139.
White marble relief (H. 1.07 Br. 0.40 D. 0.025), found opposite to the preceding monument. Vatican, Museo Chiaramonti XIV, 3.
Standing, naked figure with lion’s head and open mouth (Aion). In his hands which he presses against his breast, he holds a key. Behind his shoulders he has two
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