Intaglio with Mithras and Kabiros

Greenish black jasper. Horizontal oval (0.019 X 0.014 X 0.004). Coll. Seyrig, 3. Bonner, 265 No. 70 and Pl. V, 70. See fig. 660.

Obv.: 'Mithra to l. slaying bull; Phrygian cap, upper garment blowing back from shoulder. Mithra looks forward, holding knife ready to strike. Dog at bull's throat; snake below, scorpion attacking from behind, bird in field above scorpion.

Rev.: Kabeiros standing to front in short tunic. The raised r.h. holds a hammer, the l.h. holds a rhyton with its mouth downwards'.This intaglio of green jasper, chipped on one edge, is engraved on both sides and was

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